A report finds nearly 200-thousand students in 19 states, including Louisiana, are subjected to corporal punishment. Emelie Gunn has more..:
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State Police is investigating two separate crashes that claimed the lives of young children who were not wearing their seat belts. 11-year-old Matiya Zachary of Rayne died when the vehicle she was traveling in overturned. In the other crash, 7-year-old Thaddeus Johnson Jr of Donaldonville died after being ejected. Authorities say charges are pending in both cases.

Pineville-based utility company, Cleco, will break ground this month on a new clean energy plant in St Mary parish. Spokesperson Robbyn Cooper says a partnership between Cleco and Cabot Corporation will allow them to produce energy without any emissions at the 80-million dollar facility in Franklin…:
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Cleco expects it will be operational by March 2018.

A new report from the finance website 24/7 Wall Street finds Monroe is the fourth poorest city in the country. ULM economics professor Dr. Robert Eisenstadt says this isn’t surprising because Louisiana as a whole is a poor state, and the northeast portion tends to be even poorer…:
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