According to the Louisiana Workforce Commission, oil and gas jobs in Louisiana continued their decline in June, dropping to the lowest level in almost 10 years. Eric Gill has more…:
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Shreveport Police say a man is facing charges after allegedly bringing a concealed handgun into a military recruiting station Tuesday afternoon. They say while employees were talking with 48-year-old David Quinn, they learned Quinn was hiding a gun inside a basketball. Quinn is charged with carrying a concealed weapon.

Bars will still have to remain closed on Sunday in Hammond after the city council voted 3-2 to keep the law active. Todd Delaune who owns Red, White and Brew on Hammond’s main street says this take’s a small segment of people who run businesses and tells them they can’t earn money 7 days a week like everyone else. He says, to him, the religious argument on this issue doesn’t hold up…:
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Opponents to the now-failed measure says it would have hurt Hammond’s family image.

A Jefferson Parish woman is under arrest on charges related to the alleged shooting of three of her children with BB guns as punishment. JPSO Col John Fortunato 34-year-old Tomeka Stair’s girlfriend, 21 year old Shebria Turner, was also arrested and confirmed the abuse…:
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They are each booked with three counts of juvenile cruelty.