A Denham Springs couple is under arrest after being found passed out in a vehicle with their two young children in the back seat in a Metairie parking lot. Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office Col. John Fortunato says they got the call around 2:30 yesterday afternoon and found 41-year-old Michael Pierce and 34-year-old Melanie Pierce…:
CUT 10 (07) “from the vehicle”
The children were 4 years and 11 months old. When the couple was questioned, the suspects both admitted to injecting heroin earlier in the day.

While this hurricane season has been very light so far, today many people are remembering the anniversary date of Hurricane Camille slamming into the Gulf Coast 45 years ago today. Camille was one of the most destructive storms in US history, killing an estimated 150 people.
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Some questions being raised about the Education Department’s website being down today because of what Superintendent John White calls a refusal on the part of the governor to pay the bill…:
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That’s Keith Courville, the executive Director of the Associated Professional Educators of Louisiana, who says he hopes that this was not based on the Common Core feud. The Jindal administration has said the missed payment was not on purpose.
A Shreveport man was stabbed to death yesterday morning following a confrontation with his live-in girlfriend. Forty year-old Isaac McClain was allegedly stabbed by a friend of his girlfriend, 36 year-old Valerie Bass at their residence…:
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That’s Shreveport Police Corporal Marcus Hines.