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Off-duty Lafayette Police officer killed in motorcycle crash

Police are investigating two fatal shootings that left a 37-year-old man dead in Central City and a 20 -year-old man dead in the Florida area. At approximately 12:21 a.m., officers responded to a ...
12-year-old charged for shooting brother

According to WWL-TV in New Orleans, a seventh person has been arrested in connection with the shooting at a Mother's Day second line celebration that injured 19 ...
Jindal IRS offenses worthy of jail time

CNN - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal will deliver biting criticism to President Barack Obama for recent controversies surrounding his administration in a speech Saturday to Virginia Republicans as they nominate GOP candidate Ken Cuccinelli in the state's gubernatorial race. According to Jindal's prepared remarks provided to CNN, the Republican governor will address the IRS' extra ...
Buyout delays have Bayou Corne residents outraged

BAYOU CORNE,LA (NBC33) - People living in Bayou Corne have had enough of waiting to be bought out. They say Texas Brine is wasting time and not giving any one an offer. "Texas Brine playing a game of we'll frustrate you. We will promise you things. We'll disappoint you," Nick Romero, Bayou Corne resident, described. Texas Brine crews have appraised homes in the area, but ...
Farm day helps special needs kids feel like a winner

PRAIRIEVILLE, LA (NBC33) - Kids with special needs got a chance to be care free for the day in Prairieville. "They feel special and included and amazing and they just they deserve it. They love it," Shannon Woodside, mother of three special needs kids, described. It's part of farm day 2013. the goal mix kids with and without disabilities. Kids got to have fun and raise ...

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The Conspirator

I imagine that viewers will likely be split by the transparency with which Robert Redfords The Conspirator, a handsomely mounted dramatization of the trial of Mary Surratt, who was accused of conspiring to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln in 1865, comments on the politica ... ...

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LSP Colonel Mike Edmonson earns law enforcement honor

LOUISIANA STATE POLICE - Colonel Mike Edmonson traveled to Tennessee Saturday at the invitation of Madison County Sheriff David Woolfork to attend the 25th Annual Sheriff Buford Pusser Festival Law Enforcement Memorial and Awards Ceremony. Based on the nomination by Sheriff Woolfork, Edmonson will be presented with the Buford Pusser National Law Enforcement Award. The Buford Pusser National ...
Louisiana State Police Colonel Edmonson receives national award

Courtesy: Louisiana State Police Col. Edmonson with Sheriff Pusser's Daughter (Courtesy: Louisiana State Police) Courtesy: Louisiana State Police Courtesy: Louisiana State ...
EBR Chamber of Commerce holds gun safety course

BAKER, LA (WAFB) - The East Baton Rouge Parish Chamber of Commerce sponsored a gun training course in Baker on Saturday morning. The class was free, and organizers say it gave participants a wealth of knowledge when it comes to firearm use in Louisiana. Former EBR Sheriff Greg Phares and Parish Chamber of Commerce Chairman Woody Jenkins spent the day helping gun owners become more ...
Open house begins for St. Jude Dreamhome

Dreamhome BATON ROUGE, La. - Open house has begun for the St. Jude Dreamhome. The house will be open for tours every weekend from May 18-June 9. Register for free at the house to win the Open House Prize: a $5,000 Visa Gift Card, courtesy of the UPS ...
Got THE ticket for tonights big Powerball drawing

CNN - Two dollars and a dream. That's all it took for Mammie Hicks to plunk down money at a Riverside, Missouri, convenience store for a chance at Saturday's record $600 million multistate Powerball jackpot. "People are more important than money. I'd just give it away to help people," she told CNN affiliate KCTV5 of Kansas City. The jackpot, with a cash value ...

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Gregg was speaking about her father Ariel Castro who allegedly kidnapped, raped and held captive for a decade, three young women in Cleveland, Ohio.

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19 injured in New Orleans Mother's Day parade shooting

Gunmen fired shots during an informal Mother's Day afternoon parade in New Orleans in Louisiana state injuring 19 people, two of them children, according to police.

The wounded in Sunday afternoon's shooting in the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana, governed by Indian-American Bobby Jindal, included 10 men and seven women as well as a boy and a girl, both 10.

Local Nola.com citing police said both the 10-year-old victims had graze wounds to the body and were in good condition. A man and a woman were reported to be in surgery Sunday evening.

Immediately after the shooting on Frenchmen Street police reported seeing three suspects running from the scene.

Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas said the three gunmen likely worked together, and at least two different weapons were used. One of the suspects is described as a man between 18 and 22 years old with short hair and wearing a white shirt and blue jeans, Serpas said.

Many of the victims were grazed, some by bullets that ricocheted. "At this point, there are no fatalities, and most of the wounds are not life-threatening," Nola.com cited spokesperson Remi Braden as saying in an email.

"But all medical conditions are not known at this time as victims were rushed to nearby hospitals," Braden said. ...