Some Tangipahoa Parish parents are petitioning to change the start date of school to after Labor Day because of the extreme heat….
CUT 1 (31) “I’m Emelie Gunn”

In Iberia Parish today, convicted killer Keith Overton LeLeux has pleaded guilty to the asphyxiation death of Judy Blanchard Landry 7 years ago, when he broke into her home to steal drug money. As part of a plea deal to avoid the death penalty, Leleux was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor without the benefit of parole.
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Some new numbers for the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics that shows that Louisiana added jobs in June. Louisiana Workforce Commission Executive director Curt Eysink says the state’s unemployment rate fell slightly to 6.4 percent, even with the struggling oil industry…
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In an effort to re-establish the Alligator Snapping Turtles , the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has released some juvenile turtles into the Calcasieu River Basin. LDWF Natural Heritage Program Manager, Amity Bass, says this is the culmination of three years of work…
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She says the turtle is a Species of Concern, and they want to keep it off the endangered list.