The Louisiana SPCA has increased the reward to $3000 for anyone who has information about the person or persons responsible for cutting the head off baby goat last week in a park in Orleans Parish. Spokeswoman Alicia Haefele (Hay-Fa-Lee) says the animals belong to a company called “Y’herd Me” and help maintain shrubbery at the Brechtel Park in Algiers…:
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She says one of the teens wasn’t happy about being told to put the goats down then a few days later the baby animal was found with no head. If you have information on this incident please contact authorities.

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The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Lake Charles woman after the child she was babysitting was found wandering along a busy highway. 23-year-old Jamie Jackson is charged with cruelty to a juvenile. Spokeswoman Kim Myers says they got the call about a 4-year-old walking along Highway 385 in Lake Charles…:
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The child was picked up by a passerby and taken to a police station. Jackson is being held on $125,000 bond.

Gas prices jumped 4 cents last night. The current statewide average for a gallon of regular is up to $1.94 according to the American Automobile Association.