The state’s unemployment rate has inched upward for a second consecutive month. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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New research shows that stress can be passed on to another person as easily as the common cold. Michele Many, assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at the LSU School of Medicine says you shouldn’t let yourself be dragged down by someone else’s mood as it just spreads the stress. She says you should first focus on your own wellness, then pull people into that…

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She says it’s collectively good for us to be empathetic because when we naturally know how another person is feeling, we can react better to them.

The Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office says two people from Raceland are under arrest for allegedly abusing four children all under the age of 13. Spokesman Brennan Matherne says juvenile detectives were called to investigate a complaint regarding physical and sexual abuse of the kids…

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Matherne says Triche is booked with four counts of cruelty to juveniles with force and violence. Gaudet is charged with the same and also three counts of aggravated rape.

13 people have been arrested by The Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office during an operation targeting prostitution. Lt. Tommy Carnline says their detectives became suspicious of illegal sexual activity at local hotels when they came across internet advertisements that offered “massages”, “quality time”, and “anything you want”. Carnline says the individuals arrested are from various parts of the state, including suburban New Orleans…

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He says in one night, over 17-hundred dollars was paid and taken as evidence from those soliciting prostitution.

The body discovered in a burned out home in Fisher has been identified. Sabine Parish authorities say 49-year-old James Paul Green was found dead on the kitchen floor. Authorities have ruled Green’s death a homicide.