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  • Home improvement fraud arrest made

    jaime PINEVILLE - Rapides Parish sheriff's deputies say a complaint from a homeowner has led to an arrest. . The homeowner contracted a Pineville man for repairs after the Christmas 2012 tornado damaged his home. Deputies tell The Town Talk 58-year-old Joe Jaime was arrested and booked into the Rapides Parish Detention Center Friday on a charge of home improvement fraud. Jamie later was ...

  • Audit DOE skipped steps in monitoring charters

    performance BATON ROUGE - A new audit says the state education department had gaps in its monitoring of the academic performance of Louisiana's charter schools. The review, released Monday by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor's Office, looked at charter school monitoring activities during the 2011-12 budget year. The audit says the Department of Education didn't verify that ...

  • News 2 Investigates Accident Payouts

    money BATON ROUGE - The roads in Baton Rouge are designed to be shared, but a News 2 investigation revealed when city-parish vehicles are in wrecks the costs from them are shared as well. Whenever an accident lawsuit involving a city-parish vehicle is settled, the money comes from taxpayer dollars. In the past seven years alone, more than $5 million was paid to settle accident lawsuits ...

  • Louisiana Lottery players win big on record Powerball drawing

    BATON ROUGE, LA - More than 142,000 Louisiana Lottery players will cash in on prizes won in the record $590.5 million Powerball drawing on May 18, including one $1 million Match-5 winner, for a total of more than $1.9 million in prize money. A single ticket sold in Florida won the jackpot, which is the largest in Powerball history. The winning numbers were 10-13-14-22-52 and the Powerball number ...

  • Deputies Man shot and killed while sitting in car

    Police are searching for a man accused of opening fire into crowds standing outside a gas station and injuring two people early Sunday morning. The Plaquemine Police Department said Shannon Holmes ...


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Harlan County, U.S.A. [DVD]

Harlan County, U.S.A. [DVD]

Although Harlan County, U.S.A. was director Barbara Kopples feature debut, she had been involved in the production of several landmark documentaries of the late 1960s and early 1970s, including the Maysles brothers Gimme Shelter (1970) and Peter Davis Oscar-wi ... ...

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  • Will Smith moving to outside linebacker

    METAIRIE, LA (WAFB) - After taking a huge pay cut to stay with the New Orleans Saints, Will Smith will now have to make a position change.Smith will start OTA's at Outside Linebacker in Rex Ryan's new 3-4 defense.The Saints are trying to address a major weakness on the team. Earlier this year the team signed former Dallas Cowboys linebacker Victor Butler. Butler will join Smith, ...

  • Hurricane tax free shopping event happens this weekend

    BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - With hurricane season less than two weeks away, this weekend will be the best time to get prepared. This Saturday and Sunday, shoppers can take advantage of the Louisiana Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday and save a little money while stocking up on supplies. Shoppers picking up things like portable generators, flashlights and batteries will not have to ...

  • La. hurricane sales tax holiday this weekend

    supplies LAFAYETTE - Shoppers can prepare for the hurricane season while saving some pennies during the state's Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday. The 2013 sales tax holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. May 25 and ends at 11:59 p.m. May 26. Louisiana law spares those shopping for hurricane-related purchases from paying the state's 4 percent sales tax on the first $1,500 in ...

  • Firefighter dies in Dallas condo complex blaze

    DALLAS (AP) - Dallas firefighters have recovered the body of a comrade who reported by radio being trapped while battling a condominium complex blaze. A U.S. flag covered the firefighter's body when it was removed from the rubble Monday morning. The firefighter's name wasn't immediately released. Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans says two firefighters were transported to ...

  • Plaquemine shooting suspect arrested

    shannon holmes PLAQUEMINE - Police say a teen wanted for a weekend shooting turned himself early Monday morning. 19-year-old Shannon Dale Holmes, Jr. of Addis is accused of firing shots into a crowd at a convenience store off Highway 1, injuring two people and damaging vehicles. Holmes faces several charges, including two counts of attempted 2nd degree murder, illegal use of a weapon and ...

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