Police in Alexandria say a teenager from Texas is charged in the bomb threats that were called in to Rapides Parish Schools yesterday. Lt. Bruce Fairbanks says the schools were cleared and they were able to develop 17-year-old Reuben David Byon of Fredricksburg, Texas as a suspect. He says they have no clue what the motive is at this time…

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Right now Byon faces three counts of communicating false information of planned bombing on school property.

A 12-year-old boy from Pearl River is recovering from a rare alligator attack which took place in Lake Ponchartrain over the weekend. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries spokesman Bo Boehringer says this doesn’t happen often, but it can happen…

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According to the LDWF Alligator Management Program, this is only the 14th alligator attack since 1966.

St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe issued a statement Tuesday saying they plan to cut about 300 jobs. The hospital employs about 2,000 workers and West Monroe Representative Frank Hoffman says they’ve always provided excellent service…

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St. Francis issued a statement saying they are taking steps to line up their expenses with expected revenue and they are working to continue to be as responsive to a changing health care environment.

Today is the statistical peak of the Atlantic Hurricane season. According to the National Hurricane Center, we’ve only had four named storms so far this season. State Climatologist Barry Keim says if we can hang in there another eight weeks, we probably won’t have to worry about a storm threatening Louisiana at all.