The man who led the military’s response in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina says he is thinking about running for governor. Jeff Palermo has the story…:
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Looks like the upward trend in the gasoline price is officially hitting us this week. According to the American Automobile Association the current statewide average price for a gallon of regular is $1.90 which is up 2 cents from yesterday.

Governor Bobby Jindal’s numbers have slipped among Iowa Republican voters according to Bloomberg Politics and the Des Moines Register. When asked who their first choice would be for a presidential candidate, just two-percent said Jindal. But Pollster Ann Selzer says it’s too early to count Jindal out, but he does have a long road ahead of him…:
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Jindal has not officially announced he’s running for president. This afternoon the Governor will be in Lake Charles to make an economic development announcement at 1:30.

The Rapides Parish Sheriff’s office says a teacher in the community is behind bars for allegedly being sexually involved with a student. Lt. Tommy Carnline says detectives received a warrant to search the home of 28-year-old Donald Gene Parker III…:
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Parker’s charges including pornography involving juveniles and indecent behavior with juveniles. He is a teacher at Glenmora High School according to their website.

A new poll conducted by the Des Moines Register and Bloomberg Politics show that Governor Bobby Jindal’s numbers have slipped among Iowa Republican voters. Scott Carwile reports…

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The St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office says a private healthcare company nurse, who serves the parish jail, is under arrest for conspiring to bring contraband into the facility. 26-year-old Tiffany Sonnier of Jeanerette admitted to the conspiracy to authorities. Sonnier is charged with introducing contraband into a penal institution and possession of Adderall. Officers found the narcotics in her possession during the booking process.

Retired Lieutenant General Russel Honore wants to see Louisiana implement an air monitoring system. He says the state has 150 chemical plants and no system in place to monitor what they put into the air. Honore says this automated air monitoring system should be paid for by the energy industry…

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Honore, who was in charge of military relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina, now leads a coalition of environmental groups called the Green Army.

State Treasurer John Kennedy says Louisiana is in danger of seeing its credit score drop from stable to negative. He says the report, from Moody’s Investors Service, pointed to Louisiana’s multiple fiscal challenges including the $330 million dollar revenue forecast drop. But Kennedy while a downgrade is not certain, it’ll be up to the legislature to make some changes next session…

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Kennedy says states have credit ratings just as individuals do.

State Treasurer John Kennedy says Louisiana is in danger of seeing a drop in its credit score. Michelle Southern reports…

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The West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested a first-grade teacher for allegedly striking a student late last month. Authorities say a witness reported seeing 31-year-old Chanel Lemelle of Baton Rouge, a teacher at Bains Lower Elementary in St. Francisville, berate, kick, and slap a first-grade student. Lemelle surrendered to authorities and was booked on a count of cruelty to juveniles. Lemelle resigned from her position last week.

A new Des Moines Register and Bloomberg Politics poll shows only two percent of respondents chose Governor Bobby Jindal when asked for their first choice in a presidential candidate. Jindal has yet to officially announce his candidacy for president. Pollster Ann Selzer says, if he is going to run, it would probably benefit Jindal to make a few more trips to Iowa to make more of an impression on voters there…

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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker lead the poll with 16-percent, followed by Kentucky Senator Rand Paul with 15-percent.

The Rapides Parish Sheriff’s office says 28-year-old Donald Gene Parker III, an educator at a Rapides Parish high school, is behind bars for allegedly having inappropriate sexual relations with a juvenile student. Lt Tommy Carnline says as soon as the person made the complaint to the police department, Parker found out about it somehow…

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Carnline says Parker faces several charges including 1 count of indecent behavior with juveniles and 3 counts of intimidating a witness.

State Treasurer John Kennedy says Louisiana could see a drop in its credit score. Kennedy says Moody’s Investors Service have said that if we don’t get our financial house in order, they will downgrade us from stable to negative. He says they point out that for 7 years we’ve spent more money than we took in…

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Kennedy says it’s not inevitable that we’ll be downgraded, but it’ll be up to the legislature to make some changes next session.

Retired Lieutenant General Russel Honore wants private companies to pay for an air monitoring system in Louisiana. Honore now leads a coalition called the Green Army that proposes a series of sensors to be installed outside of chemical plants, monitoring air quality. Honore says if something goes wrong, the sensors can notify nearby residents. He says the current method is not trust worthy…

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Honore says he’ll seek to have the state legislature pass what he calls a 21st Century Clean Air Bill.

The Rapides Parish Sheriff’s office says a teacher is behind bars for allegedly having inappropriate sexual relations with a juvenile student. Lt Tommy Carnline says the complaint came from the Glenmora Police Department who asked their deputies to investigate 28-year-old Donald Gene Parker III…

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Carnline says Parker faces many charges including 1 count of pornography involving juveniles, 1 count of indecent behavior with juveniles.

A new poll show that Governor Bobby Jindal’s numbers have slipped among Iowa Republican voters. In the poll, Jindal got just two-percent of respondents when asked for their first choice in a presidential candidate. Pollster Ann Selzer says it’s important for Jindal to speak in a distinctive voice…

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The poll, conducted by the Des Moines Register and Bloomberg Politics, also showed the governor’s unfavorable numbers rose to 20-percent.

State Treasurer John Kennedy says Louisiana is in danger of seeing a drop in its credit score. Moody’s Investors Service warned that the state’s recent reductions in revenue estimates are a “credit negative.” Kennedy says states have credit ratings just as individuals do…

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Kennedy says Moody’s is one of the major credit rating agencies and they’ve essentially fired a warning shot at Louisiana saying that if we don’t get our financial house in order, they will downgrade us from stable to negative.

A new poll conducted by the Des Moines Register and Bloomberg Politics shows that Governor Bobby Jindal’s numbers have slipped among Iowa Republican voters. Jindal got two-percent of respondents when asked for their first choice in a presidential candidate. Pollster Ann Selzer says it’s too early to count Jindal out, but he does have some work to do…

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Jindal also received two-percent when respondents were asked for their second choice.

Retired Lieutenant General Russel Honore wants to see Louisiana implement an air monitoring system, paid for by private companies. Honore, who was in charge of military relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina, now leads a coalition of environmental groups called the Green Army. Honore says the state has 150 chemical plants and no system in place to monitor what they put into the air…

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The Green Army proposes a series of sensors to be installed outside of chemical plants, monitoring the air quality. Honore says he’ll seek to have the state legislature pass what he calls a 21st Century Clean Air Bill.

The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline rose in Louisiana for the second week in a row according to Gasbuddy-dot-com. Senior Petroleum Analyst Gregg Laskoski says this might be the end of the four-month-long drop in prices at the pump:
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He says wholesale prices have increased by more than 20 cents a gallon, and those increases will, eventually, get passed on to consumers.

The Rapides Parish Sheriff’s office says a teacher is under arrest accused of having sex with an underage student. They say 28-year-old Donald Gene Parker III apparently found out about the complaint against him and went to the home of the victim to beg them not to have him arrested. Detectives searched his home and found plenty of evidence to arrest him. Parker’s charges include pornography involving juveniles and indecent behavior with juveniles.

New Iberia’s Cajun Groundhog Day event ended with everyone in attendance expecting a long pleasant spring. Daily Iberian Publisher Will Chapman says when the prognosticating nutria, Pierre C. Shadeaux, emerged from his home, he did not see his shadow…:
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He says Louisiana is more concerned about spring and summer so we don’t have to worry about the forecast of Punxsutawney Phil who by the way DID see his shadow today.

What did you think of the child-accidental death Nationwide commercial during the Super Bowl last night? It’s not being received very well by football fans. LSU Mass Communications professor Jensen Moore says that audience wants to see Payton Manning singing the cute Nationwide jingle, not a child dying…:
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Nationwide issued a statement saying the ad was intended to bring awareness to the problem of preventable injuries and deaths among children.

The remains believed to be that of a pregnant Lecompte woman, missing since 2011, have been discovered. As a result, the woman arrested in connection with her disappearance now faces murder charges. The Oakdale Police Department received information about 22-year-old Victoria Perez’s murder, allegedly at the hands of 32 year-old Pamela Causey Fregia (fra GEE uh).
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That’s Allen Parish Sheriff Douglas Hebert.

There are many who are calling the Nationwide Super Bowl commercial -Make Safe Happen- in which a little boy dies at the end, inappropriate and too depressing. Several media experts say this negative reaction is not helping the company…
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That’s Jensen Moore-Copple, who is an assistant professor of strategic communication with LSU’s Manship School.
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According to Gasbuddy-dot-com, the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline rose in Louisiana for the second week in a row. So, have seen the end of the four-month-long drop in prices at the pump?…
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A Louisiana Office of motor vehicles employee has been arrested, after an internal audit by OMV Supervisors revealed more than four thousand dollars showed up missing. After further investigation, State Police questioned 34 year-old Heather Prather of Baker, who admitted to the thefts and falsifying public records. She was arrested on felony theft.