The state department of treasury has sent over 44-thousand checks to Louisiana residents who are owed money. State Treasurer John Schroder says the four-point-two million dollars in checks comes from the state’s unclaimed property program…
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Dollars in the unclaimed property fund are old checking accounts, payroll checks, insurance proceeds and other payments that are not claimed by their owners. The maximum check sent out is 15-hunded dollars.

A survey finds that Louisiana has the highest percentage of PlayStation users in the U-S, as 38-percent of gamers in the Bayou State say PlayStation is their favorite gaming console. Associate features editor of PC Magazine Rob Marvin says men and women also have different tastes in their video game console of choice….
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Starting next school year, the Avoyelles school system will adopt a four-day week. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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A state parks official tells the Advocate that a sign in front of a popular state owned plantation that read slaves were well taken-care of and happy has been taken down. It’s unclear how long the sign was posted at the Rosedown Plantation in St. Francisville. About 850 people were enslaved there before the Civil War.