State Police are looking for the driver who hit and killed a woman walking along an I-10 frontage road in Jefferson Davis Parish. Trooper Peggy Bourque says the incident at around one yesterday afternoon claimed the life of 53-year-old Bonnie Fontenot of Jennings, who had previously been reported missing.
Tomorrow marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina came crashing ashore, altering life in South Louisiana forever. At that time, Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser was a private citizen who rode out the storm at his home in Plaquemines Parish. Nungesser helped rescue 30 people by airboat.
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The state department of education will use five million dollars in federal money to tutor more students struggling in literacy or math. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Hearts are heavy at Louisiana Public Broadcasting, as one of its on-air personalities died unexpectedly. Dorothea Wilson, who co-anchored and reported for Louisiana: The State We’re In, passed away Tuesday at the age of 42. Wilson was originally from New Orleans and joined LPB last September to be closer to family.