Today, the Jindal administration laid out its plan on how to cope with a one-point-six billion dollar revenue shortfall for the fiscal year that begins July first…
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This week’s cold weather will be giving us a lower supply of crawfish this weekend, since those temperatures kept the mudbugs from crawling into the traps. But, the LSU AgCenter reports crawfish are available in smaller sizes and at a slightly higher price.
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US Senator David Vitter is getting the endorsement of an ex-president. His gubenatorial campaign sent out an e-mail announcing the endorsement of former President George H.W. Bush. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says it’s significant, especially on top of the endorsement of Kentucky Senator Rand Paul…
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The Livingston Parish Sheriff’s office says a man is under arrest accused of pranking 911 calls because he was bored. Sheriff Jason Ard says 27-year-old Brandon Kirkland allegedly called 911 dispatchers and twice reported that 2 masked men were entering a business in Watson to rob it…:
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Kirkland faces 2 counts of felony terrorizing.