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  • College tuition hike bills scrapped for session

    legislature BATON ROUGE - Attempts to raise tuition at Louisiana's public colleges appear dead for the session, despite concerns about repeated rounds of cuts to schools. Rep. Walt Leger, the number two ranking member of the House, said Wednesday he's shelving his proposal to let the campuses raise tuition according to a plan devised by the Board of Regents. Leger says he ...

  • New complex adds to growing Mid-City Baton Rouge

    low-cost BATON ROUGE- Leslie Garnier is pinching pennies to support her growing family. "We needed to relocate. I was with child, I didn't want to bring the baby where we were living," she told News 2. So naturally Garnier was thrilled to find a brand new gated community, complete with several green amenities, called Mid City Gardens. "You wouldn't expect to find ...

  • NOPD Don’t laugh…we’re looking for a statue of a pig in a chef’s outfit

    NEW ORLEANS, LA (NBC33) - Police have turned to social media to track down a statue that was stolen during Jazz Fest. They simply said "don’t laugh…" in the Facebook post and included a link to the information. "We’re asking for the public’s assistance in located a stolen statue of a pig in a chef’s outfit," the New Orleans Police Department ...

  • NWS Straight line winds cause major damage in Morgan City

    MORGAN CITY, LA (NBC33) - Straight line winds caused some big damage this morning in Morgan City. Several camper vehicles were flipped on their sides on Wednesday, May 22. We’re told the roof was torn off of a local ...

  • LSU shuts out Alabama at SEC Baseball Tournament

    Hoover, AL - LSU advanced in the Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament on Wednesday afternoon, as the Tigers scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning and held Alabama to six hits in a shutout victory at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium. No. 2-seeded LSU (49-8) will face No. 3 Arkansas, which beat Ole Miss on a 10th-inning bases-loaded wild pitch earlier on Wednesday. First pitch ...


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Hanna

Hanna

In Hanna, British director Joe Wright puts a compelling spin on the conventional action thriller by imbuing the violence with an underlying sense of sadness and pathos. Known primarily for his adaptations of literary romantic dramas such as Pride & Prejudice (2005) and Atonement ... ...

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  • Deputies Dealer admits selling drugs in church parking lot

    ST. AMANT, LA (WAFB) - Ascension Parish Sheriff's Deputies arrested two men after a week-long investigation into a report that a white male was selling drugs in the parking lot of a church. Deputies say they began investigating after an anonymous tip came in that a man was selling drugs in the church parking lot in the Lake Martin area of St. Amant. The investigation led detectives to ...

  • LSU advances after beating Alabama in SEC Tourney opener

    HOOVER, AL (WAFB) - No. 2 LSU wasted no time making its presence felt in Hoover as the No. 2-seed Tigers took care of Alabama 3-0 in their first game of the SEC Tourney. LSU capitalized early on a Mark Laird RBI ground out followed by a Ralph Rhymes RBI. Christian Ibarra continued the scoring with a single and the Tigers had a 3-0 lead after the first inning. LSU continued the strong defense ...

  • Deadline approaching for Powerhouse Gym claims

    caldwell BATON ROUGE - Attorney General Buddy Caldwell reminded people affected by the failed Powerhouse Gym in Baton Rouge that they should file a claim with the Louisiana Department of Justice's Consumer Protection section by Friday, May 31. Powerhouse Gym planned to open in January 2012, and the owners started charging people for memberships in 2011. Caldwell said the owners then ...

  • Woman accused of stealing from retirement home residents

    Slidell, La - A thief who was preying on the elderly was arrested by Slidell Police. All of the victims were over 89-years-old and residing at a Slidell retirement home. One of the victims came forward in April after she discovered several pieces of her late husband’s jewelry missing from her room. Detectives began investigating all of the employees who had access to the victim’s ...

  • Gonzales councilman faces opposition with recall committee

    Gonzales, La (The Creole) - The ‘Recall Gary Lacombe Committee’ met on Monday, May 20, to strategize on the best way to achieve its objective of obtaining the requisite number of signatures to force a recall election of the embattled Gonzales Councilman. In order to achieve its objective, nearly 2,200 registered voters in the city must sign the recall petition by October 8, 2013, ...

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