The state Fire Marshal’s Office believes an unattended stove led to a fatal fire at a Baton Rouge apartment complex that took the life of a 5-year-old girl. Chief Deputy Brant Thompson says an 18-year-old was caring for her sister, Treasure Garner, when she left the apartment with a pot of grease on the stove. He says that’s when the fire broke out, and neighbors franticly searched for the little girl.

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Thompson says they are still trying to determine how long the 18-year-old was out of the apartment.

A Bossier City couple is behind bars after their five children tested positive for marijuana and cocaine. Spokesperson Mark Natale says the children’s ages range from six months to ten-years-old.

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Natale says 35-year-old Shannon Blake and 30-year-old Victoria Blake are charged with cruelty to juveniles.

An Accountemps survey finds 6 in 10 employees say work stress has increased over the past five years. The report finds 64-percent of millennials are stressed about work. Rebecca Green with the New Orleans employment agency Robert Half attributes this to younger people’s desire to grow and move up in the company.

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According to the survey, only 59-percent of older workers reported more work stress.

A Causeway Police Officer has been arrested after evidence went missing. That’s according to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office, who says 44-year-old Sgt. William Jones Jr confessed to stealing seized narcotics and $63-hundred from the department’s evidence room. Jones faces charges of felony theft and malfeasance.