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Sale Of Crown Casino Riverboat Finalized
2 days ago
The Crown Casino riverboat located in Westlake will be moving north to Bossier City. The "American Press" reports the sale of the vessel for 15-million dollars by Isle of Capri Casinos to ...
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Dredging Of Calcasieu River Set
2 days ago
A 12-mile stretch of the Calcasieu River near Lake Charles will be dredged beginning late next month or early April. KPLC-TV says the Army Corps of Engineers is providing seven-million dollars for ...
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The Latest
2 days ago
Here is the latest news: The road to skinnier wallets is being paved in part by higher gas prices. The search for a missing boater from east Texas continues in Bossier Parish ...
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Gun Found In Booksack, Two Students Arrested
2 days ago
Two students at Broadmoor Middle School in East Baton Rouge Parish are in trouble with the law after school administrators responding to a tip found an unloaded 25-caliber handgun in a booksack ...
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Search For Missing Boater Continues
2 days ago
Search crews are expected to be back at it today in Bossier Parish as they try and locate an east Texas man who went missing in the Red River on Wednesday. The ...
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Gas Prices Up Another Penny Today In Louisiana
2 days ago
The gas price increase train keeps chugging along across Louisiana. Triple-A reports the statewide average price of regular went up another penny overnight to three-43 a gallon. That's up 17 cents compared ...
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Carnival Season Ratcheting Up In Louisiana
2 days ago
Eleven days ahead of Fat Tuesday, Carnival season in Louisiana is ratcheting up with a load of Mardi Gras parades and events this weekend from one end of the state to the ...
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State Senator To Seek New School District In East Baton Rouge Parish
2 days ago
If a state lawmaker and residents of two neighborhoods get their way, another school district could become reality in East Baton Rouge Parish. According to "The Advocate," Senator Bodi White of Central ...
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Denham Springs Man Lying In Roadway Struck, Killed
2 days ago
A Denham Springs man is dead after being struck and killed while lying in the roadway of LA-16 in Livingston Parish. An investigation by state troopers found that a southbound pickup truck ...
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Plea Entered In Assault Case Against Ex-LSU Quarterback Jordan Jefferson
2 days ago
An attorney for former LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson entered a not guilty plea Thursday on behalf of his client to the misdemeanor charge of simple battery. Jefferson was indicted in September in ...
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Pakistani man fights police over 40-foot shark
Qasim Khan waged the unlikeliest of battles with Pakistani authorities Thursday over the right to charge hundreds of curious visitors the equivalent of 22 cents each to see a roughly 40-foot whale ...
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