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Death Toll in Oklahoma Lowered to 24

Posted 8:36 AM 5/21/2013 by AP

MOORE, Okla. (AP) - The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including seven children. Spokeswoman Amy Elliot said Tuesday morning that she believes some victims were counted twice in the early chaos of the (More)

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News - State

Lawsuit against St. Bernard president dismissed

Posted 8:28 AM 5/21/2013 by AP

A federal judge has dismissed former St. Bernard Parish President Craig Taffaro's defamation lawsuit against current Parish President Dave Peralta and several other parish employees. The Times-Picayune reports the judge said that while Taffaro's suit (More)

News - State

Cuts needed to align Monroe school budget

Posted 8:24 AM 5/21/2013 by AP

Reductions in the number of employees, possible school closures and cuts to services including food and transportation are all possibilities as Monroe City Schools superintendent-elect Brent Vidrine takes the helm of the district on June 1. Vidrine tells (More)

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New Orleans IG appointed to new term

Posted 8:24 AM 5/21/2013 by AP

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans Ethics Review Board voted 4-0 to reappoint Ed Quatrevaux as the city's inspector general for a second four-year term. Quatrevaux was hired in 2009; his new term will begin in October. The Times-Picayune reports the (More)

Arrest Reports

Franklin Daily Arrest Report

Posted 8:22 AM 5/21/2013 by KATC

The Franklin Police Department responded to 32 complaints over the past 24 hours and made the following arrests:

5/20/2013 @ 8:13 PM, COURTNEY LASHANE BOURDA, 27, of Talbot Street - Franklin, LA

was arrested and charged with Domestic Abuse Battery. Mr. Bourda was processed and held with no bond set at time of press release to appear in 3rd Ward City Court.

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Christus to close main Shreveport hospital

Posted 8:18 AM 5/21/2013 by AP

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - Christus Health will close Sutton Children's Medical Center in Shreveport as it moves services from Christus Schumpert St. Mary Place to south Shreveport and Bossier City. Dr. William Lunn, Christus Health Shreveport-Bossier chief operating officer says the (More)

News - State

Judge to hear request to expand Eastside

Posted 8:16 AM 5/21/2013 by AP

The proposal to expand Hammond Eastside Middle School to eighth grade will be discussed in federal court May 29 in New Orleans. The Daily Star reports attorneys in the Tangipahoa Parish School Board's desegregation case also will ask U.S. District Judge (More)

News - State

Eunice man killed, 2 others wounded in shooting

Posted 8:14 AM 5/21/2013 by AP

An 18-year-old Eunice man was shot and later died after he and two others were attacked in the small Acadia Parish community of Branch north of Rayne. Sheriff Wayne Melancon said in a news release received by The Advocate D'Andre Goodley died Sunday at (More)

News - State

West Feliciana police jury tables charter vote

Posted 8:13 AM 5/21/2013 by AP

The West Feliciana Parish Police Jury has table an attempt to call an Oct. 19 election to possibly repeal the home-rule charter voters approved by a 337-vote margin on Nov. 6. The Advocate reports Jurors Otis Wilson and Melvin Young moved to call the (More)

National News

AP photographer sees kids pulled from Oklahoma school

Posted 8:06 AM 5/21/2013 by Sue Ogrocki/Associated Press

MOORE, Okla. (AP) - I left the office in Oklahoma City as soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV. I had photographed about a dozen twisters in the past decade, and knew that if I didn't get in my car before the funnel cloud hit, it would be too late. By the time I reached Moore, all (More)

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Around Acadiana

How You Can Help the Victims of the Oklahoma Tornadoes

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Posted 7:53 AM 5/21/2013 by KATC

Many Acadiana residents are asking how they can help in the wake of the Oklahoma tornadoes. Several local organizations have set up fundraisers or other efforts to assist the victims of the storm.

The Acadiana Red Cross is leaving Lafayette today to go to Oklahoma to provide disaster (More) • Video (1)

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Iberia

New Iberia woman sentenced in tax refund scheme

Posted 7:49 AM 5/21/2013 by AP/CS

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - A 40-year-old New Iberia woman has been sentenced to 26 months in prison in a tax refund scheme that netted $77,349 that the woman used for gambling expenses. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Veta Thompson was accused of receiving the money as a refund after (More)

News - State

1 killed, 3 injured in Tangipahoa Parish crash

Posted 7:48 AM 5/21/2013 by AP/CS

INDEPENDENCE, La. (AP) - State police say a 10-year-old girl died after she was ejected from a car in a crash on La. Highway 1054 northeast of Independence in Tangipahoa Parish. Trooper Nick Manale says an unlicensed 15-year-old girl was driving north on La. 1054 with three juveniles (More)

News - State

DeQuincy man faces stalking-related charges

Posted 7:46 AM 5/21/2013 by AP/CS

ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) - A 42-year-old DeQuincy man is facing dozens of stalking-related charges after officials allege he followed the Glenmora-area victim throughout Rapides Parish. Rapides Parish sheriff's deputies tell The Town Talk the (More)

News - State

Man accused of setting church fire during service

Posted 7:42 AM 5/21/2013 by AP/CS

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans Fire Department Superintendent Charles Parent says that when a man set fire to church doors during a service, some churchgoers put out the fire and others followed the man until police arrested him. Parent's news release Monday evening did not identify (More)

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