A judge has sentenced 54-year-old Meshell Hale of Baton Rouge to life in prison after she was convicted of poisoning her live-in boyfriend 41-year-old Damian Skipper. Authorities also suspect Hale poisoned her estranged husband Arthur Noflin. The charred remains of Noflin’s body were found in New Orleans in a burned out pickup truck in 2016. East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore…
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Hale has only been convicted for the 2015 death of Skipper.

There are good people in this world and it appears New Orleans attorney Alistar Adkinson is one of them. Adkinson is allowing people to deliver packages to his law office in the lower garden district so porch pirates do not get to them….
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Adkinson says it’s the first Christmas they’ve offered this service.

The Salvation Army is making it easier to donate in a variety of ways. Brooke Thorington explains.
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The Louisiana Emergency Rental Assistance Program and the Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Fund will stop accepting applications today at 5 PM. Desiree Honore Thomas is Assistant Commissioner in the Division of Administration.
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The programs started to provide assistance for those who lost jobs as a result of COVID.