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Inmate caught after walking off work release site

captured BATON ROUGE - U. S. Marshals said they caught up to a work release inmate this afternoon after the man walked off his job site Monday. Marshals arrested Tederick Bessie, 30, around 4 p.m. Tuesday afternoon in Baton Rouge. Authorities reported Bessie missing Monday after they said he wasn't at his work release site, a candy factory in Ponchatoula. Authorities said they dropped ...
Livingston school board president is upset remorseful over fatal hit and run

BATON ROUGE, LA (NBC33) - Two days after being arrested for a fatal hit-and-run crash, Livingston Parish School Board President Malcolm Sibley is saying he's sorry. "[He is] Very upset, very remorseful. I mean, we read these kinds of things in the paper and we get upset for the families we read about. And after being in the situation he's in, he's very sorry for the victim, ...
Woman points gun at victims screams ‘I’ll kill all of y’all

Baton Rouge, La - A woman is wanted by the EBRSO after she pulled a gun on multiple victims. The incident took place at a residence in the 5600 block of Hartford on June 11 at around 1:26 p.m. According to reports, deputies were initially sent to a home in the 5700 block of Silverleaf Avenue in reference to a disturbance. When they arrived, deputies contacted multiple victims that stated ...
Louisiana plant explosion kills 1 injures 5

HOUSTON, June 14 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed and five others were injured in an explosion that rattled a fertilizer plant in the U.S. state of Louisiana Friday evening, local media reported. The explosion, caused by a nitrogen vessel rupture, happened at around 6:15 p.m. at CF Industries in Donaldsonville, a southern city located along the west bank of the Mississippi River, local media ...
ATC conducting summer crackdown on unlawful sales of alcohol and tobacco to minors

Baton Rouge, La - Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control (ATC) Commissioner Troy Hebert announced that his Agency will conduct an increased number of random compliance checks at alcoholic beverage and tobacco retail outlets statewide during the summer months. "ATC conducts compliance checks throughout the year, but we are increasing our efforts this summer to ensure that ...

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Buras meth lab found one arrested

Buras, La - Authorities in Plaquemines Parish have busted a meth lab and arrested the man operating the lab. In early June 2013, the PPSO Narcotics Division began investigating a possible methamphetamine lab being operated in Buras. Loran Anthony Williams, Jr., aka "Tony", 28, was thought to be cooking methamphetamine at his home in Buras, and possibly selling it to citizens in the ...
Police search for 20-year-old wanted for indecent behavior with a juvenile

Louisiana State Police reports I-10 East is closed at Whiskey Bay on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge due to multiple crashes. Traffic on I-10 East is being diverted onto I-49 North.Drivers trying to get ...
Cause of gas line explosion still under investigation

enon FRANKLINTON - A pre-dawn gas line explosion shook residents out of their beds in a rural, wooded area of Washington Parish, briefly knocking out power to thousands of people but not injuring anybody. State Trooper Nicholas Manale says an 80-foot section of 30-inch pipeline ruptured about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday southeast of Franklinton. Washington Parish Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy ...
Sheriffs deputies searching for rape suspect

wanted GONZALES - Deputies in Ascension Parish asked for the public's help finding a man wanted for raping a young girl. Chief Deputy Tony Bacala released a photo of Justo Venegas, 31, who's wanted for forcible rape of a juvenile. Bacala said on June 9 deputies were called out to the victim's residence and told Venegas had raped her. They said he fled the scene on a bicycle, ...
Deputies searching for work release walk-off

Ponchatoula, La - Authorities are searching for a man that walked away from his work release program job. Deputies with the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office are searching for Tederick Bessie, 30. Bessie walked away from the Elmer’s Chocolate Factory in Ponchatoula at around 6:00 a.m. today. Bessie is a non-violent offender serving time for Simple Robbery. He was scheduled for ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

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One dead, 77 injured in US chemical plant blast

At least one person was killed and 77 injured in an explosion and fire at a petrochemical plant in Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal's home state of Louisiana in southern US.

"This has been a tragic incident," said Republican Jindal Thursday, during a briefing near the plant in Geismar, part of a heavily industrial region known as "Cancer Alley," between capital Baton Rouge and the state's biggest city, New Orleans.

Some environmental advocates cited by the Chicago Tribune said Thursday's explosion should draw attention to hazards in a region once known as "Bhopal on the bayou."

The Bhopal disaster in December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal in India, is considered the world's worst industrial disaster. Over 500,000 people were exposed to methyl isocyanate gas and other chemicals.

The corridor between Baton Rouge and New Orleans is particularly dense with refineries and petrochemical plants, the Tribune said.

The surrounding region is the most prone in the nation to toxic oil spills and releases, according to US Environmental Protection Agency records.

Last year, the EPA region including Louisiana was second in the nation in toxic accident reports. ...