There’s been two arrests in connection with the shooting death of a West St. John High School football coach over the weekend in Baton Rouge. BRPD Cpl. Don Coppola says they’re are still putting the pieces together in the murder of Juan Joseph…
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Two cousins; twenty-five year-old Kendric Cloud and Lemark Cloud have been charged in the case and were booked into EBR Parish Prison last night.

Record low temperatures hit Southeast Louisiana this morning, but warmer weather is on the way. And with that, other changes for the weekend…
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That’s Andrew Ansorge (An-Sore-Gy) with the National Weather Service.
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There have been two bodies found in Lake Pontchartrain this morning and authorities believe they were onboard a plane that crashed into the lake last week. New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Colonel Jerry Sneed, says there’s no official ID, but it appears the victims are flight instructor Burt Lattimore of Chalmette and his student Aftab Rab of Mandeville…
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As the search for the plane is ongoing, the investigation of the crash continues.

USA Today released its annual report on college football coaches today, and LSU Head Coach Les Miles is the 7th highest paid coach with an annual four-point three million dollars. Alabama Head coach Nick Saban is the highest paid with an annual salary of seven-point-one million.

Farm Sanctuary and the Animal Welfare Institute have listed the Pilgrims Pride plant in Natchitoches as one of the nine worst chicken plants in the nation for animal cruelty. Eric Gill has more…:
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Louisiana State Police say a pedestrian was struck and killed this morning around 1am in Lafourche Parish. They say a GMC Sierra was traveling on LA 316 in Houma when it hit 29-year-old Tyler Authement (Oh-De-Mah) who was walking in the same lane. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene. Impairment is not suspected on the part of the driver of the Sierra and no charges have been filed at this time.

Record temperatures were recorded throughout southeast Louisiana over night. Baton Rouge hit 27 degrees which broke the previous record of 28 degrees back in 1930. Andrew Ansorge (An-Sore-Gy) with the National Weather Service says the high pressure that settled the cold air in last night is going to start to move off to the east today..:
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He says more severe wet weather is expected throughout the state this weekend.

Two bodies were found in Lake Pontchartrain this morning and authorities believe they were on board a plane that crashed into the lake last week. New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Colonel Jerry Sneed, says the first body was located at 7:15 AM….:
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We’re still waiting to get positive ID but it’s believed to be flight instructor Burt Lattimore of Chalmette and Aftab Rab of Mandeville, who was taking flying lessons.

Baton Rouge Police have arrested two men in connection with the shooting death of West. St. John High School football coach Juan Joseph. Eric Gill reports…
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Louisiana State Police say a Coushatta woman who wasn’t buckled up died in a crash last night in Red River Parish. They say 44-year-old Salley Giddens was hit from behind when she was stopped waiting to turn into a private drive on Highway 71. Her car was thrown into the opposite lane of traffic and hit by a truck. LSP says Giddens wasn’t restrained and suffered fatal injuries in the crash.

Farm Sanctuary and the Animal Welfare Institute have listed the Pilgrims Pride plant in Natchitoches as one of the nine worst chicken plants in the nation for animal cruelty. Farm Sanctuary director of policy, Bruce Friedrich (FREED-rick), says, for one, they found Pilgrims was allowing animals to freeze to death because of bad weather protocol. The plant said in a statement corrective actions are being taken but Friedrich says that doesn’t cut it…:
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Gas prices keep dropping. We’re down another cent from last night to $2.69 for a gallon of regular according to the American Automobile Association.

Baton Rouge Police have arrested two cousins in connection with the shooting death of West. St. John High School football coach Juan Joseph. Cpl. Don Coppola says they arrested 25-year-old Lemark Cloud Monday night. He says 25-year-old Kendric Cloud was taken into custody Tuesday…:
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He says Cloud was the alleged getaway driver.

Record lows were hit in southeast Louisiana this morning, but warmer weather is on the way. Andrew Ansorge (An-Sore-Gy) says Baton Rouge broke the record temperature dating all the way back to January 1930…:
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He says the high pressure that brought the cold in is moving off to the east today and south winds will bring in moisture and more severe weather is expected to move through the state this weekend.

The Pilgrims Pride plant in Natchitoches is listed as one of the nine worst chicken plants in the nation for animal cruelty. The list was compiled in part by Farm Sanctuary and policy director Bruce Friedrich (FREED-rick) says they got plant violation information from the federal government through the Freedom of Information Act…:
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He says violations include workers throwing chickens in the same bags as dead birds.

Louisiana’s Unclaimed Property Program returned a record $35.5 million last fiscal year, according to State Treasurer John Kennedy. Currently the state has over $635 million in unclaimed property. If you think some of that is yours, you can search online at www-dot-LATreasury-dot-com.

The Baton Rouge Police Department has made two arrests in connection with the death of a West St. John High School Football Coach. They say 25-year-old Lentrell Cloud is charged with second degree murder for allegeldy shooting 27-year-old Juan Joseph outside of a nightclub in Baton Rouge over the weekend. The other man arrested was 25-year-old Lemark Cloud who is accused of being the getaway driver. The two suspects are cousins.

According to the Department of Health and Hospitals, flu activity is on the increase in Louisiana. Scott Carwile has more…:
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The US Small Business Administration has approved Governor Bobby Jindal’s request for federal disaster assistance in Ouachita Parish following the tornadoes last month. This means low interest disaster loans are available to homeowners and businesses whose property was damaged as a result of the storms. You can apply online at disasterloan.sba.gov/ela.

Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu was not successful in pushing a US Senate bill that would green-light the Keystone Oil Pipeline. The measure needed 60 votes to pass but it only got 59. Landrieu has been pushing to get the measure passed to illustrate her clout to voters in the US-Senate runoff against Congressman Bill Cassidy. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat…:
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The Cassidy campaign responded to the vote saying this demonstrates Landrieu is not capable of standing up for Louisiana effectively.

Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu was unsuccessful in her attempt to get the US Senate to pass a bill that would authorize the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. Michelle Southern reports…

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Baton Rouge police have arrested two cousins in connection with the shooting death of West. St. John High School football coach Juan Joseph. 25-year-old Kendric Lentrell Cloud, who is accused of shooting Joseph, turned himself in last night and was booked on second degree murder and other charges. 25-year-old Lemark Cloud, the alleged getaway driver, is charged with accessory to second-degree murder among other charges.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana says a school bus driver in East Baton Rouge Parish harassed and detained a student because he thought the 16-year-old was gay. E-B-R school system spokesperson Keith Bromery says they’ll use this incident as an example when training bus drivers that they should not harass students about religious or sexual orientation beliefs…

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Louisiana ACLU Executive Director Marjorie Esman says they’ve asked the East Baton Rouge School System to fully investigate the complaint.

The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International states the drone industry will have an estimated economic impact of $213 million dollars on Louisiana over the next three years. President Michael Toscano says unmanned aircraft systems are very good as delivery systems and situation awareness…

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He says over 1,000 jobs would be generated over the same time period.

Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu’s attempt to get the US Senate to pass a bill that would authorize the construction of the Keystone Oil Pipeline was unsuccessful. The measure needed 60 votes to pass but it only got 59. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says the fact that Landrieu couldn’t pull off the push to pass this bill by her own colleagues is the final nail in her coffin in the US Senate race…

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Landrieu has spent the last week trying to pass the bill as a way to show her clout in Congress in the Senate runoff.

Flu activity is on the increase in Louisiana, according to the Department of Health and Hospitals. Frank Welch, Medical Director for the Immunization Program, says if you haven’t gotten your flu shot, yet, now is the time to do so for two reasons…

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He says the dominant strain of flu going through the state is one that is captured by the flu shot.

According to the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, the drone industry will have an estimated economic impact of $213 million dollars on Louisiana. Michelle Southern reports…

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Louisiana’s Unclaimed Property Program returned a record $35.5 million last fiscal year, according to State Treasurer John Kennedy. Currently the state has over $635 million in unclaimed property. If you think some of that is yours, you can search online at www-dot-LATreasury-dot-com.

Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu failed in her attempt to get the US Senate to pass a bill that would authorize the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says at this point, he has no idea why Landrieu would continue to fight in the runoff against Congressman Bill Cassidy….

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The measure got 59 votes when it needed 60 to pass.

The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International says the drone industry will have an estimated economic impact of $213 million dollars on Louisiana over the next three years and generate over 1,000 jobs. President Michael Toscano says there are many entities that have started making drones a big part of their business…:

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According to the secretary of state’s website, several drone companies have popped up in Louisiana over the last couple of years.

According to the Department of Health and Hospitals, flu activity is on the increase in Louisiana. Frank Welch, Medical Director for the Immunization Program, says it appears the flu is broadly broken out all over the state…

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Welch says the strain of flu that seems to be dominant this year, is one that is captured by the flu shot.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana says an East Baton Rouge school bus driver detained and harassed a student because he thought the 16-year-old was gay. Executive Director Marjorie Esman says they’ve asked the East Baton Rouge School System to educate their employees, including bus drivers, that it’s illegal to harass a student based on sexual orientation or religion…

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The E-B-R school system says they’ll use this incident as an example when training bus drivers that they should not harass students about religious or sexual orientation beliefs.