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  • Hurricane preparation tax holiday this weekend

    holiday BATON ROUGE - People getting ready for hurricane season will get a break if they buy supplies this weekend. The annual Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday runs Saturday and Sunday, May 25 and 26. On those days state sales tax will be waived on the first $1,500 of purchases of elligible items. To see a full list of elligible supplies and services, visit ...

  • New FM radio emergency alert system in place

    BATON ROUGE - State emergency officials scheduled a demonstration today of a new emergency alert system which uses FM radios to let the public know about disasters. The Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness said the state recently finished installing the ALERT FM system in all 64 parishes and 42 colleges and universities around Louisiana. The system would carry ...

  • Former tenant claims wrongful eviction by Gonzales Councilman

    Gonzales, La (The Creole) - Debra Williams lived as tenant in a "shed" owned by Gonzales Councilman Timothy Vessel, Sr. from May 1, 2012 until her eviction on February 4, 2013, barely a month after he assumed office. According to our news partners ...

  • LSU and Arkansas to battle in SEC Tournament

    BATON ROUGE, LA - The LSU baseball team looks to continue their hot play when they face SEC West foe Arkansas Thursday at 4:30 p.m. The Tigers knocked off Alabama in their opening game Wednesday. LSU used a three-run first inning and superb pitching from Cody Glenn to shut out the Tide. Thursday, LSU and Arkansas will start their top pitchers. The Tigers will send Aaron Nola (10-0) to the ...

  • Kevin Gausman to make Major League debut for the Orioles

    From LSU Sports BATON ROUGE, La. -- Former LSU right-hander Kevin Gausman will make his MLB debut in Toronto Thursday night when he takes the mound as the Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher against the Blue Jays. The Orioles on Thursday will officially promote Gausman and add him to the active roster for his Major League debut in Toronto. "We're trying to win," manager ...


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Some Like It Hot [DVD]

Some Like It Hot [DVD]

In the annals of film comedy, there are a select few films that truly stand out as having withstood the test of time--that are just as funny now, if not funnier, than they were when first released--and Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot is right at the top. Named ... ...

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  • Man gets 8 months for failing to file income taxes

    taxes BATON ROUGE- Former Denham Springs man has been sentenced in Baton Rouge to eight months in federal prison after admitting that he did not file income tax returns on $2.3 million he earned over a four-year-period. Failure to file a federal income tax return is a misdemeanor crime that is punishable by no more than one year in prison. The Advocate reports 42-year-old Roderick Dewitt ...

  • Republicans question reason behind financial records request

    documents BATON ROUGE - Questions surround the state Capitol after the Legislative Auditor told the Republican Party of Louisiana to hand over financial documents. "State law says they are suppose to submit it," Legislative Auditor Daryl Purpera said. Recently, a legislator brought the law to his attention. State statute 18-447 requires political parties to file an annual report ...

  • Ascension to hire 50 new teachers

    staffing GONZALES - Ascension Parish is looking to hire 50 new teachers. The school board is poised to hire the new teachers in an effort to ease staffing levels due to continued growth. Funds needed to hire the new teachers are listed in the school district's 2013-14 budget, which is due for adoption June 18. The new fiscal year begins July 1. Diane Allison, the district's ...

  • Man fatally shot in car on I-10

    i10 NEW ORLEANS - Homicide detectives in New Orleans are investigating a fatal shooting this morning on Interstate 10. Officers responded around 4:45 a.m. to a report of a traffic accident near the I-10-U.S. Highway 90 split. When they arrived, they found a car riddled with bullet holes had struck an overpass concrete support. Officers say the 31-year-old driver was struck multiple ...

  • Senators continue to comb through the state budget

    BATON ROUGE, LA (NBC33) - At the Capitol on Thursday the Senate Finance Committee will continue to comb through the State’s operating budget. The proposed budget was passed over to the Senate from the House more than a week ago. The $500 billion budget was passed over to the Senate cobbled together with a mix of one time funds and reductions to several tax exemptions. It falls to the ...

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