Governor Edwards has been unsuccessful in his effort to increase the minimum wage, but he’ll try again this year. Edwards says this spring he’ll ask the legislature to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to eight dollars an hour by 2020 and $8.50 by 2021. He says the legislation is modeled after what Arkansas recently approved…
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Former Dukes of Hazzard star John Schneider has opened up about why his production studio in Holden was seized by the Livingston Parish Sheriff, saying plainly, that it’s his fault for not making the mortgage payments on the property. Schneider says the recording and filmmaking hub has been on hard times since the 2016 floods, but…
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The 57 acre property will be up for auction on January 16.

Marksville continues to mourn the deaths of five children from their Avoyelles Parish town. They were among the seven dead in last week’s fiery crash on a Florida Highway. A candlelight vigil is planned for 5:30 today at Marksville High School’s football field. Marksville Mayor John Lemoine says the town is reeling from the devastating news…
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A single-vehicle crash on LA Hwy 135 in Franklin Parish on Sunday resulted in the death of a teenage driver. State Police Trooper Michael Reichardt says 16-year-old Angel Irwin of Winnsboro over corrected and struck a tree…
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A 15-year-old passenger also suffered serious injuries in the crash.