We might have finally seen the end of rapidly falling gas prices. Gasbuddy-dot-com Senior Petroleum Analyst Gregg Laskoski says you can expect a steady climb in gas prices as we approach the spring and summer driving seasons…:
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He says the statewide average is at $1.86 which is up about two cents a gallon from a week ago.

So what did you think of the child-accidental death Nationwide commercial during the Super Bowl last night? It’s not being received very well by football fans. LSU strategic communication professor Jensen Moore-Copple says that audience wants to see Payton Manning singing the cute Nationwide jingle:
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Nationwide issued a statement explaining the intention of the ad was to bring awareness to the issue of preventable injuries and deaths among children.

The Allen Parish Sheriff’s Department says they have discovered the remains believed to be that of a pregnant Lecompte woman, missing since 2011, and the woman arrested in connection with her disappearance now faces murder charges. Sheriff Douglas Hebert says the Oakdale Police Department received information about 22-year-old Victoria Perez from a juvenile informant…:
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32-year-old Pamela Causey-Fregia is charged with first-degree murder and first-degree feticide of Victoria Perez and her unborn baby.

Lapolitics.com is reporting former 5th District Congressman Vance McAllister, also known as the Kissing Congressman, is considering a run for the US Senate next year. Apparently McAllister said if Congressman John Fleming of Minden is the only one who seeks the seat then he’d go up against him.