The National Weather Service says a tornado touched down this afternoon in Tangiphoa Parish near Amite. The twister knocked down trees and power lines in the area and damaged between 15 to 20 homes. In one case, a roof was torn off a home. No injuries have been reported.

Baton Rouge Police say the search for four-year-old Jassiah Clark came to a sad end last night when the boy’s body was found in a deep hole less than ten yards from his home. Eric Gill reports…
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The coroner has ruled Jassiah’s death a drowning with hypothermia as a contributing factor.

Time is running out to get your Christmas shopping done. For many last minute shoppers, gift cards are the way to go. Chair of the Louisiana Tech Marketing Department, Barry Babin, says some gifts cards are very useful for the recipient…
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Tomorrow night, about 130 bonfires will be lit up on the levee of the Mississippi River in St. James Parish. One of the bonfires was structured as a person, with its arms up, in recognition of Michael Brown, who was shot to death by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Harold LaGrange built that bonfire and hopes it results in positive discussion about what happened…
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