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Louisiana to push ahead with paying private firms to teach kids
(Reuters) - Louisiana's schools chief vowed on Friday to push ahead with a plan to let students take classes from private firms and nonprofits at taxpayers' expense, despite a legal setback and objections from some ...
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Man shot in face suspect escapes
PONCHATOULA, LA (WAFB) - A Ponchatoula man is recovering after being shot in the face Thursday night.According to reports, an officer was patrolling the North Baronne St. area when he saw two men standing in the road, one of which was wearing bloody clothing. The other man took off running when he spotted the officer.Police were unable to find the suspect.The man in the bloody clothing was ...
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BREC Park murderer sentenced to 2 life terms plus 100 years
A former East Baton Rouge Parish School System bus driver pleaded guilty Thursday on drug trafficking and money laundering charges. She was sentenced in federal court to 28 months. The 47 year old ...
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Senators hear from public on next years budget
hearings BATON ROUGE - People who rely on the state for health care and educational programs traveled to the Louisiana Capitol to ask senators to pay for those services in next year's budget. For hours Friday, the Senate Finance Committee heard requests for cuts to be reversed, for programs to be continued and for spending to increase on services with long waiting lists. It was the day ...
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2013 New Orleans Home + Design Show
The New Orleans Home+Design Show When / Where May 24-26 at the Morial Convention Center Hall I Dates/Times ? 4 pm - 9 pm Friday, May 24 ? 10 am - 8 pm Saturday, May 25 ? 10 am - 6 pm Sunday, May 26 Ticket Price: $15 adults (Military with ID – $5) Visitors can get a $5 off admission coupon by ...
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Lady Antebellum Miranda Lambert Zac Brown Band Luke Bryan headline Bayou Country Superfest
NEW ORLEANS - Some of country music's big names, including Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Darius Rucker and Zac Brown Band, take the stage at the Bayou Country Superfest at LSU's Tiger Stadium for a Memorial Day holiday jamfest. The festival's producer, Quint Davis, said the talent and the free fan fest held before the nightly concerts help to entice attendees. In its fourth ...
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Weekend events in New Orleans and surrounding area
Greek Festival will take place in New Orleans, LA featuring lots of good Greek food and drinks, music, games and overall family fun. The festival will be featuring goat burgers, which has become a very popular food in Greece over the last couple of years. The Greek Festival will be held at 1200 Robert E. Lee Blvd., New Orleans and runs Friday (24th) through Sunday (26th). Admission is $5.00 ...
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Weekly claims for unemployment insurance rise
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- First-time claims for unemployment insurance in Louisiana for the week ending May 18, increased from the previous week's ...
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Herb Vincent leaving LSU for the SEC
Information from the SEC BIRMINGHAM, AL - The Southeastern Conference announced Friday that Herb Vincent has been hired as Associate Commissioner for Communications for the league. Vincent currently serves as Associate Vice Chancellor for University Relations and Senior Associate Athletics Director at Louisiana State University. He will begin his new role with the SEC in September. "Herb ...
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Louisiana’s Sen. Landrieu Seeks to Delay Flood Insurance Increases
Sen. Mary Landrieu filed legislation this week to delay flood insurance increases for many residents and businesses in southern Louisiana that officials fear could begin skyrocketing at the end of the year. The National Flood Insurance Program reauthorization was approved last year. Landrieu, D-La., had an amendment that was defeated that would have stalled premium increases of 20 percent or ...
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Missing Persons Unit works to bring closure
Lt. Dennis Pratt has been with the Missing Persons Unit at the Shreveport Police Department for three years. At that time there was no database for missing persons, an oversight he soon corrected. "I started a database where we log in everybody from runaways for juveniles and missing persons for adults," he ...
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Bossier man arrested for rape that occurred around same time his wife was gunned down in Shreveport
A Bossier City man has been arrested on an aggravated rape charge, and a Shreveport homicide cold case file has been rejuvenated. James Haywood Montgomery III is cooling his heels in the Caddo ...
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West Monroe set to adopt $18.6M budget
"It's a very conservative budget with an estimated general fund surplus of $6.9 million, which puts the city in a very strong financial position during these uncertain economic times," Chelette ...
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Lake Charles Regional reopens main runway
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) -- The main runway at Lake Charles Regional Airport reopened this week after almost three months and $2.4 million worth of ...
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Northshore Technical CC moving into St. Tammany
LACOMBE, La. (AP) -- Northshore Technical Community College plans to build a new campus in Lacombe for science, technology, math and engineering studies and training as part of an expansion in St. ...
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Caddo school board looking for budget solution
http://bit.ly/ZigiXF ) nearly three hours of debate ended with the board right where it began before Thursday's meeting, leaving the teachers in attendance exhausted but ...
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Special Olympics Flame of Hope heads to Summer Games
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Law enforcement officers started carrying the Special Olympics torch from Baton Rouge to Hammond Friday morning. A special ceremony was held on the steps of the Louisiana Capitol to light the Special Olympics "Flame of Hope." The torch will be carried to the 2013 Special Olympics Louisiana State Summer Games that kickoff Friday night in ...
New Orleans Focus
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New Orleans under threat from misconceptions
Looking toward the end of the year and 2011, there are two major challenges facing the city of New Orleans, the misconception created by the oil spill and the massive budget deficit that needs to be filled at a time when the city is still recovering from the devastation of Katrina in 2005.
New Orleans is a city famous for many things, as the setting of A Streetcar Named Desire, as the host city of the famous Mardi Gras, which is one of the most visited events in America, as a major hub for jazz and blues musicians and as the most celebrated city of the American South. Read more
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