A federal judge tosses out a lawsuit filed by a levee board that attempted to get over 80 different oil, gas and pipeline companies to pay for damages done to the Louisiana coast. Governor Bobby Jindal opposed the lawsuit. One of his spokespersons called it a frivolous lawsuit by the Southeast Louisiana flood Protection Authority-East.

Open enrollment for purchasing health insurance through the Affordable Care Act ends tomorrow. Although premiums in the marketplace have risen since last year, Kara James, with the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services, says financial aid is available. She says nine out of ten Louisianians, who selected coverage, were eligible for assistance…
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She says if you have yet to enroll, this would be a good day to take care of that.

The Washington Parish Sheriff’s office has offered a reward of 25-hundred dollars for anyone who can provide information that leads to the arrest of Kuanda Magee. He’s a Washington Parish jail inmate, who escaped around 2:30 this morning. He was in prison on an aggravated rape charge. Authorities are searching in and around Franklinton.

During last year’s five-day Mardi Gras holiday, there were 13 deaths on statewide roads, with over half of those involving alcohol. State Police Spokesperson Melissa Matey…
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State Police arrested a man from Montegut and charged him with vehicular homicide after he fatally struck a 28-year-old pedestrian on L-A 58 in Terrebonne Parish last night. Authorities 53-year-old Ernie Driskill submitted to a breath test and was found to be over the legal limit.