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  • Refinery flaring after compressor trip

    plant BATON ROUGE - Officials at the ExxonMobil Chemical Plant in Baton Rouge said a compressor trip caused them to start flaring this afternoon. A spokesperson from ExxonMobil said it wasn't an emergency situation, and all the appropriate agencies had been notified. Flaring is used to burn off material that can't be processed at the plant during a unit shutdown, slowdown, or ...

  • Woman evicted from councilmans storage shed

    shed GONZALES - A woman filed a police report claiming Gonzales City Councilman Tim Vessel was stealing utilities from neighbors to power his storage shed where she lived for nearly a year. In a Gonzales Police report obtained by News 2, Debra Williams gave detectives copies of monthly rent receipts for $550 cash signed by Vessel. She said she contacted police after Vessel evicted her in ...

  • House overwhelmingly refuses to expand Medicaid

    reform BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana House has rejected an attempt to provide government-subsidized health insurance to thousands of people with the Medicaid dollars available under the federal Affordable Care Act. The 59-37 vote against the Medicaid expansion proposal appeared to kill the issue for the legislative session. The Senate's budget committee has refused a similar bill. Gov. ...

  • Local Tea Party organization claims the IRS needs to be shut down

    Baton Rouge, La (NBC33) - Members of the Tea Party Patriots say the IRS needs to be shut down. A handful of people protested outside of the local IRS office. They said it's shameful that the IRS-targeted groups like theirs, which is made up of middle-class Americans. Some of them placed the blame on government in general, while others said President Obama should never have let this ...

  • Holden urges hurricane preparedness launches Red Stick Ready app

    Baton Rouge, La (NBC33) - Mayor Kip Holden said today that the Oklahoma tornadoes are a good reminder that we need to get ready for hurricane season. Holden met with several of the top emergency response officials in EBR Parish today. He also announced the launch of the Red Stick Ready app for iPhone and Android, which has tips for creating an emergency plan, as well as important information ...


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Wise Blood [DVD]

Wise Blood [DVD]

Based on one of only two novels written by Flannery OConnor in her short lifetime, John Hustons Wise Blood is a baffling tragicomedy of contradictions, which on the surface is precisely what OConnor wanted the story to be. Unfortunately, the translation from page to screen mutes much ... ...

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  • Tornado-relief donators advised to research before donating

    Baton Rouge, La (NBC33) - After any disaster, people all across the country try to do everything they can to help those impacted. The victims of the tornado that destroyed Moore, OK need everything from a hot meal to materials to rebuild their homes from the ground up. However, it is important to find a way to help in a way that would do the most good. When disasters like this happen, some ...

  • Blighted property on Government St. to finally come down

    (RNN) – A day after long track tornadoes devastated Shawnee and Edmond, OK, another round has begun near Oklahoma City.KOCO broadcast a slow rotating cloud that slowly extended down towards the ...

  • Bait car burglars caught on camera

    Authorities said a 15-year-old girl may be facing charges after driving without a license and losing control of a car in a crash that left a 10-year-old girl dead Monday afternoon. The crash happened ...

  • Man arrested in drive-by shooting

    DONALDSONVILLE - Sheriff's deputies arrested a man after a drive-by shooting this afternoon in Donaldsonville. Lt. Col. Bobby Webre with the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office said they arrested Toran Munson, 28, in suspicion of attempted murder after the shooting. Investigators said Munson got into an argument with another man he'd had past run-ins with while Munson was driving ...

  • Lawmakers pass measure to limit money to Planned Parenthood

    Money BATON ROUGE- A committee of lawmakers passed a measure that would block some government money from going to Planned Parenthood. It now heads to the full House. The measure sparked emotional testimony from people supporting. It comes as Planned Parenthood is the subject of two federal lawsuits over alleged unscrupulous billing practices. Shawna Kimbrough was among those who testified ...

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