Students and teachers in Livingston Parish are heading back to school today and hoping for some normalcy this year. Jeff Palermo has more…:
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Baton Rouge Police say a truck driver from Tennessee was robbed then killed while changing a tire in a parking lot Tuesday morning. They believe 49-year-old Keith Odom, of Jonesborough, was shot after he turned over his possessions to the robber. He later died at a local hospital. No suspect in the killing has been identified.
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced changes in the management of the Sewerage and Water Board, due to unreliable information given to the public in the wake of Saturday’s storm that flooded homes and businesses. The board’s Superintendent, Joe Becker, told the city council Tuesday that all of the pump stations were working at maximum capacity. But City Councilman Jason Williams called that a fabrication and asked Becker to clarify…:
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Landrieu said he will ask for Becker to resign.
State Police Troop C covering Terrebonne, Lafourche, Assumption, and parts of St. James and St. Charles parishes says they have investigated 31 fatality crashes, resulting in 37 deaths so far this year. Captain Frank Besson (Bay-sawn) says they are cracking down on drunk drivers by upping check points and…:
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