Avoyelles Parish Sherif deputies have arrested a Ville Platte man allegedly found in bed with a seven-year-old girl in Bunkie early yesterday morning. Captain Tim Ryan says the girl’s parents held 61-year-old Jeffrey Brant at gunpoint until authorities arrived.
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Ryan says it doesn’t appear anyone involved was harmed physically. Brant was charged with home invasion, criminal trespass and Indecent Behavior with Juveniles.

The 2022 hurricane season ends today, unless a storm forms in December which is rare, the season produced 14 named storms. Florida was hit by two hurricanes but State Climatologist Barry Keim says Louisiana was spared…
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The Louisiana Chemical Association says a potential nationwide railroad worker strike would have dire consequences to their industry as the flow of essential chemicals would come to a halt, including chemicals for crop and food protection. Louisiana Chemical Association President Greg Bowser…
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A rail strike could happen as early as next Friday. The U-S House is scheduled to vote today on legislation to block the rail strike, despite objections from labor leaders.

Republican US Senator Bill Cassidy says his “No Surprises Act” has saved 9 million Americans from receiving Surprise Medical Bills this year alone. Cassidy authored the legislation that went into effect at the beginning of the year.
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Passage of the bill was a two-year effort on behalf of Cassidy and New Hampshire Democrat Senator Maggie Hasson.