Calcasieu District Attorney John DeRosier is seeking an August 19th execution date for Jason Manuel Reeves, who was convicted and sentenced to death in 2004 for the abduction of four-year-old Mary Jean Thigpen, who Reeves raped and stabbed 16 times, and slit her throat. DeRosier says Reeves deserves to die for what he did…
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Four-year-old Mary Jean Thigpen was taken from her family in Moss Bluff on November 1st, 2001, but currently, executions are on hold in Louisiana, because the state can’t acquire drugs to carry out a lethal injection.

Northeast Louisiana was left out when it comes to funding in a 700-million dollar road project plan approved by the state legislature. Monroe Representative Jay Morris….
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But Morris says at least the state found 25-million dollars to complete the long-awaited Kansas Lane—Garret Road Connector I-20 interchange.

The National Retail Federation says Father’s Day spending is expected to reach an all-time high of 16-billion dollars, up from last year’s 15.3 billion dollars. National Retail Federation spokesperson Katherine Cullen says sons and daughters are predicted to spend an average of 139-dollars on gifts this year, an increase of 70-percent since 2009….
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Greeting cards remain the most popular gift for dad as total spending for gift cards is expected to be 830-million dollars.