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• Audit Finds Former Head of LA High School Athletic Assoc. Fraudulently Spent Thousands of Dollars

  September 28, 2010 11:40 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A legislative audit finds the former head of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association may have fraudulently spent thousands of dollars of association money including as much as $50,000 on cigars. The audit claims Tommy Henry, who served as LHSAA commissioner from 1983 until he... more »

• Louisiana Applies for $147M in Federal Stimulus Money

  September 10, 2010 7:06 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The Jindal administration has formally applied for $147 million Louisiana is eligible to receive from a recently passed federal stimulus bill. The state Department of Education announced the decision Thursday, though the application was signed by Gov. Bobby Jindal's chief budget adviser, Commissioner of Administration... more »

• Government Program Wasted More Than $100 Million Of Taxpayer Dollars

  July 1, 2010 12:53 PM

  MIAMI - A government program that's supposed to help impoverished families heat and cool their homes wasted more than $100 million of taxpayer dollars paying the electric bills of thousands of applicants who were dead, in prison or living in million-dollar mansions. The Department of Health and Human Services spent... more »

• Time To Roll Back "Billions Of Dollars In Tax Breaks" For Oil Companies

  June 2, 2010 12:29 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says it's time to roll back "billions of dollars in tax breaks" for oil companies and use the money for clean energy research and development. Obama made the comments Wednesday in prepared remarks for a speech at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He said... more »

• Jeanerette: Mobil gas station robbed

  December 18, 2009 5:21 PM

  Tuesday night (December 18) 2 men ran into the Mobil gas station on Main Street and held up cashier gunpoint. The two got away with 540 dollars. If you have any information please call the Jeanerette Police Dept (337) 276-6323. more »

• Show Me the Money Winner: November 25, 2009

  November 26, 2009 8:36 AM

  Congratulations to Gail Bellow of Maurice! Gail is the winner of KATC's Show Me the Money giveaway for Wednesday, November 25, 2009. Congrat's Gail! more »

• Show Me the Money Winner: November 24, 2009

  November 25, 2009 11:10 AM

  Congratulations to Erika Campbell from Abbeville! Erika is the winner of KATC's 300-hundred-dollar Show Me the Money giveaway for Tuesday, November 24, 2009. more »

• Budget Woes in Vermilion Parish

  November 23, 2009 6:48 PM

  The Vermilion Parish Police Jury will have to take big swings with an axe to fix their 2010 budget. As of right now they are over a little more than one million dollars, which is a huge improvement from the 2.8 million overage they started with. The good news... more »

• Show Me the Money Winner: November 19, 2009

  November 20, 2009 7:56 AM

  Congratulations to Ursula Hawkins of Rayne! Ursula is the winner of KATC's $300 Show Me the Money giveaway for Thursday, November 19, 2009. more »

• Ponchatoula Man Arrested for Alleged Ponzi Scheme

  November 19, 2009 11:51 AM

  (Baton Rouge, LA)-Investigators with the Louisiana Attorney General's Office, with the assistance of the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office, arrested William J. Chaucer, Jr., of Ponchatoula, Louisiana today for creating a Ponzi scheme that has cost at least 200 investors over $11 million dollars. This arrest is the result of a... more »

• Show Me the Money Winner: November 18, 2009

  November 19, 2009 7:45 AM

  Congratulation's to Roxanne Lavergne of Sunset. Roxanne is the winner of KATC's $300 Show Me the Money giveaway for Wednesday, November 18, 2009. Tune in tonight at 10pm and find out who the next lucky winner is.....it could be you! more »

• Show Me the Money Winner: November 12, 2009

  November 13, 2009 7:44 AM

  Congratulations to Lecretia Rabone of Lafayette! Lecretia is the winner of KATC's $300 Show Me the Money giveaway for Thursday, November 12, 2009. Keep watching each weeknight as we announce a winner during our 10pm newscast. more »

• Show Me the Money Winner: November 2, 2009

  November 3, 2009 11:23 AM

  Congratulations to MeDarrell Turner of New Iberia! You are the winner of KATC's $300 Show Me the Money giveaway for November 2, 2009. more »

• Show Me the Money Winner: October 29, 2009

  October 30, 2009 8:07 AM

  KATC is once again showing you the money. Beginning October 29th we will be giving away $300-hundred-dollars to help with your holiday shopping. Each night at 10 o'clock, a lucky winner will be announced. Congratulations to Nick Smith of Broussard , he is the winner of a $300 gift... more »

• Stolen Piccaso found at Shreveport Garage Sale

  October 21, 2009 9:32 AM

  A garage sale purchase in Shreveport may have uncovered a missing masterpiece. Teisha Mcneal paid two dollars for a painting she really liked. Once she got it home and took a closer look while hanging it, she says she noticed the name Picasso at the bottom, but no date. She... more »