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Hunters react to new laws on donating game
BATON ROUGE, LA (NBC33) - Hunters across the state are celebrating a victory, after the Governor signed two laws that will assist hunters in donating their game to charity. "One deer can provide the food for a tremendous number of meals," Chip Songy, Baton Rouge sportsman and member of Hunters for the Hungry, explained. "With Hunters for the Hungry that gentleman or woman can ...
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YMCA of the Capital Area gives out gold medals for Olympic Day
Port Allen, La (NBC33) - Over 500 YMCA summer campers from across the area joined together for the 3rd Annual Olympic Day. The campers gathered in the Port Allen High School gym. Activities included shuttle run, tug of war, frisbee throw and dancing. YMCA officials tell us that Olympic Day is to help encourage teamwork, sportsmanship, friendship, and leadership as well as health and ...
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Geralds attorney asking for further sentence reduction
CLINTON, LA (WAFB) - Brett Gerald's attorney Tommy D'Amico says he is appealing to reduce Gerald's sentence even further for a crash that killed seven people in May 2012. D'Amico says that because one crash, or one criminal act, a concurrent sentence is more appropriate for Gerald. Gerald pleaded guilty to seven counts of vehicular homicide in May. Judge William ...
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Waterspout causes damage near Grand Isle
injuries GRAND ISLE - A waterspout off the coast of Grand Isle created a big stir during storms this afternoon. The waterspout moved in from the bay side of the island around 3:45 p.m. today. The National Weather Service reported it blew a portion of a camp roof off, but didn't do any major damage. There were no reports of any ...
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State Police investigating if Sibley had passenger
43 ST. HELENA - Louisiana State Police are investigating if a passenger was riding with Malcolm Sibley when he crashed into a truck early Saturday morning. Cody Iasigi, 21, of Liberty, Miss., later died at a hospital from injuries sustained in the crash. Troopers said he and two others, Jarrett Wilson, 23, of Osyka, Miss. and Trey Bailey, 21, were parked and arguing on La. 43 just north of ...
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M*A*S*H [DVD]
One of director Robert Altman's favorite ways of describing how M*A*S*H got into theaters is, "It wasn't released from 20th Century Fox ... it escaped." ...
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Ascension considers youth detention tax
millage GONZALES- The Ascension Parish Council will introduce a proposal Thursday evening at their regular meeting which would levy a one mil tax on homeowners in parish to raise funds for a juvenile detention center. The tax would raise about $900,000 a year and cost about $25 for a home worth $250,000. In the 1980s the State Legislature, authorized parishes to collect the millage without ...
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Appeal for reduced sentence outrages victims family
Tommy D'Amico BATON ROUGE- The attorney representing convicted killer Brett Gerald wants his sentence reduced. Tommy D'Amico is filing an appeal with the First Circuit Court of Appeals, calling his client's 35-year sentence for seven counts of vehicular homicide excessive. He believes Gerald's sentence for each count shouldn't run consecutively. "In Louisiana ...
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Lawsuits continue to pile up in deadly plant explosion
BATON ROUGE, La. (NBC33) - Lawsuits continue to pile up for the Williams Olifen plant less than a week after a deadly explosion at its Geimser plant. Vickie Polk said she remembers every detail of last Thursday Morning, when the Williams Olefin plant exploded. "As we were loading there was a big old blast, explosion, and the plant caught on fire. And then it was all black smoke coming ...
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Tropical Storm Barry forms and heads to Mexico
BATON ROUGE, La. (NBC33) - Tropical Storm Barry is the second named storm of the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season. It formed in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday night. The Hurricane Hunters flew into Tropical Depression Two in the southern Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday and found that winds had strengthened enough to classify it as a tropical storm. As of Wednesday night, winds were sustained around 45 ...
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Zachary man indicted for fatal crash
State police say two separate crashes have left two people dead four others injured.The first crash happened just after midnight near the intersection of LA 67 and Noel Thomas Lane. Troopers say ...