An arrest has been made in the case of the woman in Houma who was found dead under a house just before 1am Friday. Chief Todd Duplantis says they learned 22-year-old Dashanta Brown and her boyfriend, 41-year-old Michael Tucker, had been involved in a huge fight at the victim’s residence…:
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He says Tucker was located in this home this morning and he was arrested for second degree murder. Brown’s cause of death has not yet been determined pending results of an autopsy.

The price at the pump has been nice lately and it looks to get even better. American Automobile Association fuel analyst Don Redman says we could see prices back to the 2010 level this month when the average price for a gallon of regular was $2.68. We’re currently just below $3.10. Wall Street had what some say was their worst day of the year Thursday and Redman says the economy and fuel prices go hand and glove…:
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He also says demand is down, so supply is good which keeps prices low.

Former Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain is coming to Louisiana to appear with US Senate candidate Bill Cassidy at a series of veterans rallies. Eric Gill reports…:
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Governor Bobby Jindal announced today a new project with Castleton Commodities International LLC that would make a $1.2 billion capital investment to develop a new methanol manufacturing plant along the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish south of New Orleans. The project will create 50 new direct jobs with an annual salary of about $72,000 plus benefits. CCI anticipates beginning construction in 2016.