Demographer Elliot Stonecipher says Louisiana could be in jeopardy of losing another Congressional seat if the state doesn’t see more growth in population. Stonecipher is making that statement based on new Census figures, which shows the state’s population has only increased two-point-six percent since 2010…

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Louisiana saw it’s Congressional delegation shrink from seven to six members as a result of the 2010 Census.

Somebody in Louisiana could have been a Powerball millionaire, but they missed their chance. The Match 5 winning ticket was sold in Minden for the September 27th drawing, but no one claimed the prize by yesterday’s deadline. Louisiana Lottery spokeswoman Kimberly Chopin says the $1 million will go back into winnings…

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Chopin says it’s extremely rare for a million dollar prize to go unclaimed.

A man from LaPlace has developed an app to keep teenagers from texting and driving. Mike Watson says Text Guardian is tied to the GPS device on cellular devices and parents can set it to a certain speed. Once the phone reaches the pre-set speed, all that works is 911, a few contacts and the navigation system. He is the owner of Jim’s Body Shop and came up with the idea of creating an app like this after dealing with so many vehicles that had been in serious crashes involving teenagers who were texting and driving…

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Right now Text Guardian is only available on Android devices but should be on iOS soon.