A shooting at a club rental in Alexandria kills a 17-year-old male and injures two others. Alexandria Police spokesperson Lt. Lane Windham says they were called to Club 318 just before midnight Saturday after shots were fired inside the building. Windham says they are also investigating why several hundred people were in attendance at the club in the 2100 block of Lee Street.

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Police are asking for anyone with information about the shooting to contact them.

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The State Fire Marshal’s office says a six-year-old child rescued from a burning mobile home in New Iberia has died. Spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue says two adults and six children were inside the home on Sunday afternoon when the fire started and the six-year-old was the only one that didn’t get out safely.

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Rodrigue says the exact cause of the fire is not yet known.

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In just six weeks the NCAA men’s Final Four returns to New Orleans. Today, the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, and Governor John Bel Edwards started the unofficial countdown to the championship. With Mardi Gras already in full swing, and Festival season following right behind, Mayor Cantrell is excited to see the city reopening itself to the world. She said that New Orleans has done its part by reducing COVID rates in the city after 2020 and rallying its civic and business partners.

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Authorities say no fatalities or major injuries are reported at an explosion at the Marathon Refinery plant in Garyville this morning.  St. John Parish President Jaclyn Hotard says it happened shortly after 9 am, and they’ve received several calls from those in the community that heard the explosion of the unit at the refinery.

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Hotard says Marathon is monitoring air quality in the area.

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