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5/4/2013

Meats From Baker Plant Returning to Store Shelves

Posted 12:32 PM 5/4/2013 by katc

Manda Fine Meats' deli and specialty meat products are returning to store shelves this weekend. The Baton Rouge meat packing company said in a news release that it expects distribution to be near normal within a few weeks, The Advocate reported. Manda recalled nearly (More)...

5/3/2013

Lightning may have caused tank explosion

Posted 5:55 PM 5/3/2013 by AP

DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (AP) - Investigators suspect a lightning strike may have triggered an oil tank explosion that led to the evacuation of roughly 30 homes in a rural area outside Baton Rouge. Livingston Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness director Mark (More)...

OGB plan members to receive additional 1.77 percent premium rate reduction

Geronimos traverse swampland, experience esprit de corps

More than 13,000 youth have registered for lemonade day La.

5/2/2013

Traffic camera legislation likely dead this session

Posted 5:47 PM 5/2/2013 by AP

A repeated attempt by Rep. Jeff Arnold to rework the laws involving automated traffic cameras has again stalled because of opposition from local government officials who rely on the penalty dollars for their budgets. Arnold, D-New Orleans, proposed a measure (House Bill 217) requiring (More)...

Jazz Fest includes Native American music

Car driver dies; students on bus OK after crash

Texas, La., community groups sue EPA for emissions

Father pleads guilty to slitting son's throat

5/1/2013

House committee rejects gay discrimination ban

Posted 5:55 PM 5/1/2013 by AP

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A proposed ban on discrimination against state employees because of their sexual orientation failed to win support Wednesday from the House and Governmental Affairs Committee. The 6-3 vote shelves the proposal by Rep. Austin Badon, D-New Orleans, for the (More)...