The East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore is releasing an extensive investigative report into the deadly July 2016 ambush on Baton Rouge officers. It’s expected to give new details into the incident and on the 29-year-old gunman, Gavin Eugene Long, from Missouri…:
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That’s former East Baton Rouge prosecutor Prem Burns.

Today a north Louisiana legend is being laid to rest, as funeral services for Johnny Huntsman begin today at 2 p.m. in Oak Grove. Huntsman opened the first Johnny’s Pizza House in 1967 in Monroe, Former KNOE-TV news director Jim Shannon says Huntsman was beloved not only for his pizza, but his employees as well, and he even sold the company to them…:
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He was 77.

Louisiana ranks ninth in the country for structurally deficient rural bridges, according to a transportation research group. It found 15-percent of rural bridges in Louisiana need to be repaired or replaced. DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson is not surprised, given that he just closed a bridge in Vernon Parish…:
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He says the problem is that demand for repairs is increasing, but new revenue is not coming in.

Schools.com ranks the University of Louisiana at Monroe the best four year college in the state. ULM president Dr. Nick Bruno says they have done their best to control costs for students, and notes the university offers great programs, especially in health sciences…:
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McNeese came in second on the list, followed by Northwestern State, LSU, and UNO.