Nearly 400-thousand people here in Louisiana have dealt with the flu during this season…
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Senator David Vitter has announced he has 4 million dollars for his Louisiana gubernatorial campaign with 3.5 million dollars cash on hand. Vitter’s office says that 88 percent of campaign contributions are from over 25 hundred in-state donors. Vitter announced his candidacy last January.
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It’s a very sad story out of Bastrop, as two young children who authorities believe were left home alone, died in a house fire. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says the blaze, which ignited Monday afternoon, was likely started by a gas space heater inside the wood-framed home…:
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The mother of the 4 year-old and 3 year-old, – 21 year-old Ciarra Johnson – reportedly was getting her hair done.

A Monroe stand-off this morning at an assistanted living complex has ended tragically, as the resident courtesy officer died after he was allegedly shot by a resident . Monroe Police Detective Reggie Brown says they got the call from the complex about shots fired from the apartment of 64 year-old Adam Spillman…
CUT 11 (10) Q: ‘is in question’
Seventy-six year-old Alton Sutter died at a local hospital.