An LSU poll shows public support for a five cent increase in the state’s gasoline tax to pay for transportation projects. Matt Doyle has more.
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Today marks the one-year anniversary of the disappearance Junior Phillips. The four-year-old boy was reported missing on this day last year after he wandered from his Lisbon home in Claiborne Parish. Sheriff Ken Bailey says they haven’t had any new leads in months.
Because of an El Nino, the Colorado State University hurricane forecast team predicts a slightly below-average 2019 hurricane season, with 13 named storms, five hurricanes and two major hurricanes. But Researcher Jhordanne Jones says don’t let your guard down…
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Dukes of Hazzard star John Schneider is throwing a party in Holden in celebration of 40 years of the television show. The event dubbed Bo’s Extravaganza is in its second year. Schneider says there will be plenty to see this weekend at the property he once owned in Livingston Parish.
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Schneider defaulted on his Holden home and it was sold in auction, but he’s worked out a deal to still live and work there.