Falling oil prices will result in an 103-million dollar reduction in spending this fiscal year by state government. That determination was made by the Revenue Estimating Conference, after hearing from the chief economist for the Louisiana legislature, Greg Albrecht…
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And based on economists projections, the Revenue Estimating Conference has increased the budget defict for next fiscal year by another 203-million dollars to one-point-six billion.

Whitney Bank says they’ve deactivated and re-issued 71-hundred debit cards over concerns those customers are victims of an ATM scheme that has the attention of law enforcement along the I-10 corridor. Whitney says the scheme appears to involve criminals attaching a skimmer on the A-T-M to capture a person’s credit card and PIN number.

A University of Michigan medical school study finds there has been an almost 30-percent increase in the report of falls among the elderly since the late 90s. Don Molino has more…
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Shreveport police say a man accidentially shot himself in the thigh while getting out of his vehicle this morning, just outside of Sam Town’s casino. Corporal Breck Scott says 34-year-old Jerry Grimes was removing a firearm from his person when the gun went off…
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Scott says they do not suspect impairment on Grimes’ part.