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  • Judge dismisses lawsuit over Dixie Brewery building

    demolition NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Dixie Brewing Co. in an effort to stop any demolition of a brewery as part of the new VA hospital under construction in New Orleans. The Advocate reports the VA plans to demolish some parts of the German Romenesque building, which opened in 1907 but was crumbling even before Hurricane Katrina damaged it. Dixie ...

  • Authorities looking for Lafayette armed robbery suspect

    LAFAYETTE, La - The Lafayette Police Department is looking for a man that robbed a convenience store. On June 17 at around 10:25 p.m. police went to a store located in the 2300 block of Ambassador Caffery Parkway regarding an armed robbery. The employee there told officers that an unknown black male entered the convenience store armed with a handgun and demanded money from the cash ...

  • Alaska feeling the heat nothing new in Louisiana

    BATON ROUGE, La. (NBC33) - While south Louisiana has basked in the heat and humidity for several weeks now, residents in southern Alaska are wiping their brows with record high temperatures in the 80s and 90s. A large, clear air-mass, sitting over southern Alaska, is to blame for heating things up in towns surrounding Anchorage, Alaska. On Monday afternoon, the towns of Talkeetna, Cordova, ...

  • Last radio transmission reveals pilot knew he was going to crash Baker investigation continues

    BAKER, LA (NBC33) - The cockpit voice recorder aboard the plane that crashed in Baker is being examined in Washington, DC, according to information provided in the preliminary investigation report. Reports note that pilot John Fowler did not have a flight plan for his trip on Friday, June 7 from the Baton Rouge Airport to McComb, Mississippi. His last transmission to the tower at BTR stated ...

  • Major pipeline explodes in Louisiana

    Blast at Louisiana chemical plant kills one, injures dozens A major natural gas pipeline exploded on Tuesday in Washington Parish, La., destroying a mobile home and causing an evacuation of the area but no injuries were reported, local officials said. The blast on the Florida Gas Transmission (FGT) pipeline, which transports gas from Texas to south Florida, sent a mushroom cloud into the sky ...


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The Scarlet Empress [DVD]

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  • I-10 widening project officially completed

    BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Some drivers have already been enjoying the widened stretch along I-10 between Highland Road and Siegen Lane for the past couple days. A ribbon cutting Tuesday morning made the completion of the project official. City leaders joined the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) for a ceremony celebrating the completion of the six-lane, $60 million ...

  • UPDATE 3-Major natgas pipeline explodes in Louisiana area evacuated

    Tue Jun 18, 2013 1:21pm EDT * Part of Florida Gas Transmission line shut after explosion * Fifty-five residents evacuated * Florida gas prices up, in line with other regions By Edward McAllister and Eileen Houlihan June 18 (Reuters) - A major natural gas pipeline exploded on Tuesday in Washington Parish, Louisiana, destroying a mobile home and causing an evacuation of the area but no injuries ...

  • Gas line explosion rocks Louisiana town sends residents packing

    View results An early morning gas line explosion on Tuesday sent residents of one Louisiana community packing, as emergency responders rushed to extinguish the flames and contain the fire.';We’ve evacuated around 55 people,'; said one emergency responder, in a WWL-TV report. ';There have been no fatalities; no one died. There’s no injuries.'; Firefighters have the ...

  • Levee district moving ahead with Morganza work

    morganza HOUMA - The Terrebonne Levee District is gearing up for its busiest year of levee-building yet as its board plans to move ahead with millions of dollars in construction paid for with a new 1/2-cent sales tax. The Courier reports the board will review its upcoming budget at a meeting noon Wednesday. Terrebonne Levee Director Reggie Dupre said this fiscal year's budget, which ...

  • Police investigating death of toddler in Shreveport obvious signs of trauma

    SHREVEPORT, LA (NBC33) - Police are investigating the suspicious death of a 3-year-old child. The Shreveport Police Department was called to the hospital shortly after 9:00 p.m. on Monday, June 17. Staff contacted them because the child was admitted with obvious signs of trauma. The female toddler died shortly after arrival at the hospital. An autopsy has been scheduled to determine the ...

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