Northeast Louisiana music legend Tony Joe White has passed away. Jeff Palermo looks back at the impact White had on the music industry and his hometown…
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An infant is dead and the mother of the child is in jail. This comes after a call of the woman being passed out on top of the child. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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Hit songwriter and guitarist Tony Joe White from West Carroll Parish has died suddenly at the age of 75 from a heart attack. White was born on a cotton farm near Oak Grove and is best known for writing the 1969 hit “Polk Salad Annie” and “Rainy Night in Georgia.” Oak Grove native Harriet Monroe Miller says White would often come back to his hometown
Five years after Polk Salad Annie came out, White released Saturday Nite in Oak Grove, Louisiana. Miller says White also wrote a couple of hit songs for Tina Turner and worked with the King of Rock Elvis Presley
Miller describes White as a kind and caring man, when he wasn’t writing country and blues songs. She remembers when they had Tony Joe White appreciation day in Oak Grove in 1993
Over the last eleven days, three adults and four children have lost their lives in six different fires across the state. The State Fire Marshal is reminding you of a very important message that could mean the difference in life and death. Agency spokesperson, Ashley Rodrigue…
Rodrigue says there is a free option in the event that your home needs smoke detectors.
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Rodrigue says in the event of an emergency, a smoke alarm can be vital.
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A Buckeye elementary school teacher has been arrested for possession of alcohol on public school property after an assistant principal noticed she was displaying odd behavior. Captain Tommy Carnline, with the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s office says witnesses saw 43-year-old Shannon Beran was moving slowly and awkwardly during car pickup duty…
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Carnline says the teacher didn’t state why she had decided to indulge in an adult beverage while on campus.
Carnline says upon investigating the teacher’s classroom, they found a partially consumed bag of wine.
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Senator Bill Cassidy has made a statement following the arrest of a Florida man who is suspected on sending out suspicious packages to various politicians and CNN, saying there is no place in American politics for physical threats and violence.
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Cassidy says politicians have a responsibility to be cautious with their words as they have the ability to make an impact on those that are, as he puts it, not quite right.
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Authorities have identified the suspect as Cesar Sayoc, who has been taken into custody in connection with the mail-bomb scare.
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The Saints have a chance at redemption on Sunday night when they visit the Minnesota Vikings. Minnesota delivered a heart breaking loss to New Orleans in the playoffs last season scoring on a 61-yard touchdown pass on the final play of the game. Quarterback Drew Brees says he’s moved on from that game, but knows the Vikings still have a tough defense…
The Saints are just 3-14 in Minneapolis and lost twice to the Vikings in their new stadium last season. Brees says Minnesota’s fans make it tough on the away team….