Oil prices fell again today, but the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association president is optimistic we will not see a repeat of the 80’s oil bust…
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Those falling oil prices are not helping Louisiana’s state budget shortfall, as Secretary of State Tom Schedler reports his office faces a proposed $3.8 million dollar mid-year budget reduction from the Jindal Administration. This will force him to implement an agency-wide employee furlough as early as Tuesday.

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A shoe store employee from Baton Rouge is being uncooperative with LSU Police in regards to the sale of game-worn LSU football equipment on eBay. Capt. Cory Lalonde says 25-year-old Fletcher Sanders was the seller of the cleats and gloves for an unamed LSU football player…
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Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents have cited three men on several fishing violations in Terrebonne Parish after bragging to an off-duty agent about their illegal activity. Spokesman Adam Einck says the off-duty agent was fishing in Bayou Chauvin and heard all about it…
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Forty-four-year-old Vernell McBride, 37-year-old Troy Dangerfield, and 47-year-old Nelson Robinson were all cited.