Four-point-two million dollars in unclaimed property will be sent to about 44-thousand residents in the coming weeks. State Treasurer John Schroder says they now have the ability to work with the Department of Revenue to find individuals who have money owed to them for various reasons…
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Go to la-treasury-dot-com to search for unclaimed money.

The jackpot for tonight’s Powerball drawing is a whopping 550-million dollars. Louisiana Lottery spokesperson Dustin Annison says thousands of residents will purchase a ticket today hoping to win the grand prize, but the multi-state lottery game also features several prizes if your ticket doesn’t match all of the numbers….
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The drawing is at 9:59 tonight and sales end an hour before that time.

Starting next school year, Avoyelles Parish public schools will hold classes four days a week, instead of five. Avoyelles School Superintendent Blaine Dauzat says the Tuesday through Friday schedule hasn’t received a warm reception from everyone.
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But Dauzat says a four-day school week will help attract teachers. Caldwell Parish also has a four-day week and Dauzat says they’ve seen school performance scores rise for nine of the 11 years it’s been in place.

A survey finds PlayStation is Louisiana’s favorite gaming console and in fact the Bayou State had the highest percentage of PlayStation users in the United States. PC Magazine Associate features editor Rob Marvin says Louisiana was just one of nine states that picked Play Station as its top choice…
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X-Box is the top video game console for 27 of the 50 states, with 31-percent of US consumers voting X-Box as their favorite.