BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Some customers of a major Louisiana utility will see a refund in their January electricity bills. Entergy Louisiana says in a news release that refunds totaling $70 million will go to customers in 40 parishes. ...
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EDGARD, La. (AP) — Trial is scheduled March 14 for the driver of a bus that killed three people and injured dozens when it plowed into a firetruck and cars on Interstate 10 in August. However, NOLA.com ‘ The Times-Picayune ...
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HOUMA, La. (AP) — A 24-year-old south Louisiana man faces life in prison for shooting and killing a 20-year-old marijuana dealer in an attempted holdup. The Courier reports (http://bit.ly/2hruYPe) that LaMont Nixon Jr., of Dularge, was convicted this week of ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Energy Department said Wednesday it is offering a conditional, $2 billion loan guarantee to capture and store carbon dioxide at a planned Louisiana methanol plant, the latest element of President Barack Obama’s strategy to slow global ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Wildlife biologists say Louisiana’s first verified cougar sighting in five years is a trail camera photo taken last month. There’s no way to tell whether the animal photographed in northeast Louisiana is a wild animal ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — City government officials have rejected a local police union’s request to give pay increases to all New Orleans police detectives. The Times-Picayune reports (http://bit.ly/2hThHjd) the city’s Civil Service Commission on Monday unanimously rejected the request in ...
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ANGOLA, La. (AP) — Authorities say an assistant warden at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola has been arrested on a count of second-degree rape. The Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/2hqCkSW ) that 34-year-old Barrett Boeker was arrested Tuesday. District Attorney Sam ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities say a former Gonzales District Fire Chief has pleaded guilty to federal charges of distributing and possessing child pornography. The U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement that 36-year-old Kristopher Johnson entered the plea ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union and three people who beg for money at traffic intersections are suing a southeast Louisiana city that requires permits for panhandling. The lawsuit filed in federal court in New Orleans says ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has given the Environmental Protection Agency more time to work with states on limiting runoff of chemicals blamed for oxygen-depleted “dead zones” in the Gulf of Mexico and elsewhere. Scientists say nitrogen and ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Tax-free shopping on Amazon for Louisiana residents is ending. The online retail giant will start charging sales taxes on all purchases shipped to destinations in Louisiana starting Jan. 1. NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reports (http://bit.ly/2hRwnlH ) that ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — CNN will again celebrate New Year’s Eve in New Orleans. The Times-Picayune reports (http://bit.ly/2ib6bPs) Don Lemon and Brooke Baldwin will host a Central Time Zone countdown to the new year in the Crescent City. Baldwin and ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities say they’re investigating after a boy was wounded by gunfire in Algiers. NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reports (http://bit.ly/2ib1S6u ) that the boy suffered a gunshot wound to his arm in the Monday night shooting on Garden Oaks ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ mayor said a dark chapter in the city’s history has closed with settlements totaling $13.3 million for relatives of four men killed by police around the time of Hurricane Katrina. “We are here to ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Problems with the Louisiana labor department’s new computer system caused incorrect unemployment payments, stalled fraud investigations and widespread disruptions throughout the program for jobless residents, according to an audit released Monday. The report from Legislative ...
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