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  • Baker not cutting police force despite budget problems

    Police BAKER - City officials say police in Baker will keep their jobs, despite the city's money problems. Officials in Baker have been working on cutting back on their city spending for years, but the city is almost $2 million in the hole. Lately, the city's been spending previous years' surplus, but the extra money is running out and leaders say it's time to make some ...

  • Area doctors agree obesity is a disease

    healthcare BATON ROUGE - The American Medical Association is classifying obesity as a disease, and doctors around the capital city are backing the move. Tuesday, top doctors said they made the change in an effort to reduce heart disease and type 2 diabetes, which are often linked to obesity. The shift means obesity now requires treatment and that could effect health care costs. ...

  • Bossier Parish schools send textbooks to tornado victims

    Bossier Parish, La (KTAL) - Schools in Bossier Parish are paying it forward, helping out victims from the Moore, Oklahoma tornadoes that touched down almost one month ago. The schools are sending thousands of textbooks to the school district in Moore. Earlier this month, Bossier schools donated over $10,000 to the Red Cross and Salvation Army. The estimated value of the textbooks being ...

  • State Police investigating man who pointed gun at State Capitol

    The search for a missing 10-month-old boy from Birmingham is over. Birmingham police say he and his alleged captor were found in Dallas, Texas around 11:30 Tuesday night. A missing child alert was ...

  • Juban Crossing bill being reviewed by Governor Jindal

    LIVINGSTON PARISH, LA (WAFB) - Overgrown weeds in empty fields and signs promising a target date that has come and gone is not the scenario for Juban Crossing thousands of residents in Livingston Parish had hoped for by now. "We really would like something to be built around here so we wouldn't have to travel so far," said Parish resident James Thurston. Thurston adds ...


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M*A*S*H [DVD]

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  • Moving company owner arrested for extorting customer

    Mandeville, La - Mandeville authorities have arrested a moving company owner after extorting money from a customer. Police have arrested "Mr. Move" company owner, Dunwoodie McDuffie, 45, of Metairie. On May 29, a female complainant alleged that the "Mr. Move" Moving Company was withholding her possessions in ex-change for a grossly inflated bill. The victim reported ...

  • Lady Tigers coach urges excellence on the court and in the classroom

    Baton Rouge, La (NBC33) - The LSU Lady Tigers are known for their talent on the court, but on the sidelines, it’s their coach giving them the push to bring their talent to the next level. Nikki Caldwell expressed how some drills and exercises done behind the scenes help the Lady Tigers on the court. Off the court, however, the coach requires her athletes to sit in the first three rows in ...

  • New obesity label could change treatment access attitude

    In a move that has the medical world buzzing, The American Medical Association has changed its stance on obesity, officially declaring it a disease instead of a "public health issue." The new distinction is exciting to local doctors. "By medicalizing this physiologic problem similar to high blood pressure, I think will help change the attitudes in treating it," said Dr. ...

  • St. Gabriel woman starts petition to save LA Swift

    BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Could a St. Gabriel woman's petition save the LA Swift bus system from ending service later this month? Milisa York hopes the signatures of more than 800 people will at least grab someone's attention. Every afternoon, Milisa York's ride picks her up from the Home Depot at Highland Road and Perkins Road. It's one of several stops in the city where ...

  • LSP Argument caused hit and run victim to leave car

    LIVINGSTON PARISH, LA (WAFB) - State Police say hit and run victim 21-year-old William Iasigi got out of the vehicle after an argument with another passenger in that car. Troopers say Iasigi was hit by Livingston Parish School Board President Malcolm Sibley around 5 a.m. Saturday just north of Greensburg, La. Sibley was arrested Sunday on felony hit and run charges. His attorney says no more ...

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