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Louisiana Powerball Winner — Lottery Officials Confirm Monday Payout
BATON ROUGE, La. (KPEL News) - Someone in Louisiana must have enjoyed a little Lady Luck over the weekend because, by Monday evening, they had earned a nice chunk of change from the Powerball drawing. While no one claimed the top prize, a Lottery player in Covington, Louisiana, scored a...
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2 more Louisiana fraternity members arrested in alleged hazing death
Police in Louisiana have arrested two more people who were allegedly involved in the off-campus, fraternity hazing death of 20-year-old Southern University student Caleb Wilson last month, bringing the total arrests to three. Baton Rouge Police Department on Tuesday announced the arrests of 25-year-old Kyle Thurman and 28-year-old Isaiah Smith. They were both charged with criminal hazing, a felony in the state of Louisiana, according to authorities. Law enforcement officials arrested Thurman on Monday in Port Allen, a neighboring city west of Baton Rouge. Smith turned himself into Baton Rouge police on Tuesday, the police department said. Police said...
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Pineville police arrest man for domestic abuse
PINEVILLE, La. (KALB) - An Alexandria man has been arrested on a domestic abuse charge according to the Pineville Police Department. PPD responded to the 600 block of Baptist Street on March 10 regarding a domestic dispute. After speaking with two people at the scene, police arrested Deondre Pinkston, 33,...
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Gov. Jeff Landry asks feds for $50M reimbursement for Super Bowl, Mardi Gras, homeless shelter
Gov. Jeff Landry's administration will ask the federal government to reimburse $50 million the state spent to ramp up security and operate a temporary homeless shelter in New Orleans while the city welcomed tens of thousands of visitors for Super Bowl LIX and Mardi Gras. State officials have been in...
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Master P namedrops Colorado football coach Deion Sanders and Ellen DeGeneres in address as New Orleans’ president
Master P did the unthinkable by becoming the University of New Orleans basketball program’s President of Basketball Operations. While his appointment was shocking, it does appear he has a plan. In remarks addressing his new role running the Privateers, Percy Miller name-dropped two people who will help his pitch...
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Louisiana AG pushes for harsher sentence for Danette Colbert in prior fraud case
KENNER, La. — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office has moved to increase the sentence of a woman convicted of fraud and theft under the state’s habitual offender statute. In November, Danette Colbert was convicted of multiple felonies, unrelated to the fraud charges she now faces in...
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Pineville man arrested for 2nd-degree murder in connection with disappearance of Brenda Kay White
PINEVILLE, La. (KALB) - A man from Pineville has been arrested for 2nd-degree murder in connection with the disappearance of Brenda Kay White of Alexandria. In May 2024, the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office said its Criminal Investigations Division was informed by the Alexandria Police Department about White’s disappearance.
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Laborde Earles Entertainment Center unveils renovations, ready for new events
Dr. John Fleming gave a speech at the Hotel Bentley in Alexandria. Cenla man among first to receive new Alzheimer’s treatment in Louisiana. A man from Cenla is undergoing treatment for Alzheimer's using a new drug. Campti Paper Mill Closure: Longtime workers reflect on the end of an era.
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Total lunar eclipse to occur Thursday night
ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - This Thursday night (March 13 into March 14) will be the next total lunar eclipse!. According to NASA, this phenomenon occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon align so that the Moon passes into Earth’s shadow, which is called the umbra. When the Moon moves into the umbra, it will have a red/orange tint to it.
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Coroner identifies body found in a Metairie canal near Interstate 10
The Jefferson Parish Coroner's Office has released the name of the man whose body was discovered in a canal near an Interstate 10 overpass in Metairie last week. He was identified as 36-year-old Marquise Bradley. Bradley's cause of death was still undetermined as of Monday, while the Coroner's Office awaits...