A rare recall effort in Louisiana failed on Saturday night as the mayor of Richwood Gerald Brown Senior survived an effort to remove him from office. La-Politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says 60-percent of the voters in the Ouachita Parish town voted against the recall effort…
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In Orleans Parish, four-term sheriff Marlin Gusman lost to first-time candidate Susan Huston.

The grinches may be out to get you this holiday season, but there are ways to protect yourself. Jamie Angelle with the Lafayette Police Department advises meet-ups that take place for you to pay for something you bought from another individual should take place outside a police station if possible.
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And if you’re concerned about “porch pirates” grabbing gifts, company’s like Amazon will deliver packages to Whole Foods or another location you may designate, like a neighbor who might be home when you’re away.

Louisiana’s own Krispy Krunchy Chicken has seen tremendous growth since 2006 and the convenience store eatery is now in 48 states. Brooke Thorington has more.
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New Orleans gothic novelist Anne Rice has died at the age of 80. Her son says she died from complications from a stroke. Rice wrote the 1976 novel “Interivew with the Vampire” and she later produced a script for the 1994 movie that started Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.