The Coast Guard has suspended the search for three children in the Mississippi River. An eight-year-old girl, a 14-year-old girl, and a 15-year-old boy entered the water in Algiers near the Crescent City Connection Bridge before sunset on Saturday. A New Orleans TV station reports one of the girls fell into the water, prompting the other two to try and save her.

A bill to allow sexual assault victims to receive a copy of their forensic medical exam is expected to be heard in the Louisiana Senate today…
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Baton Rouge Senator Cleo Fields has a bill that would require cable and internet providers to provide refunds automatically if customers are without service for more than 24 hours after a disaster…
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Meaning the bill does not extend to energy providers. The Senate Commerce Committee likes the bill, but asked Fields that when he brings it before the entire Senate that the language in the legislation is tightened.

LSU student-founded Mallard Bay won over 200-thousand dollars in investment cash at a business plan competition hosted by Rice University. Mallard Bay helps sportsmen book guided hunting and fishing trips with charters and outfitters. So what’s next “Shark Tank”, co-founder Logan Meaux.
cut 12 (10) “…gonna go from here”
For more information go to Mallard-bay-dot-com.