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Lead Changes for TABASCO (c) McILHENNY Company

Posted 9:59 AM 2/8/2012 by News

Avery Island, LA, February 8, 2012 -

TONY SIMMONS NAMED McILHENNY COMPANY PRESIDENT and COO Anthony "Tony" Simmons, previously Executive Vice President of McIlhenny Company, has been named President and Chief Operating Officer of the company. A great-great-grandson of Edmund (More)

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Years of insurance over payments in Orleans

Posted 9:51 AM 2/8/2012 by AP

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans Inspector General says the city wasted hundreds of thousands of dollars on employee life insurance over the last eight years. Among the findings in the report released Tuesday: There were overpayments totaling $250,000 over four years because the city (More)

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La. man gets prison for bank robbery

Posted 9:49 AM 2/8/2012 by AP

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Metairie man had been sentenced to more than two years in prison for robbing a bank last year. U.S. District Judge Sarah Vance also on Tuesday sentenced 36-year-old Don Lee Alexander to three years of supervised release following his 30-month prison term. (More)

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Engineering firm signs contract with Methanex

Posted 9:47 AM 2/8/2012 by AP

GEISMAR, La. (AP) - An engineering firm with an office in Baton Rouge says it has received a contract from Methanex Corp., a major producer of methanol, to provide services if Methanex decides to move one of its idle plants from Chile to Louisiana. Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced (More)

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State, nonprofits plan derelict crab trap cleanup

Posted 9:43 AM 2/8/2012 by AP

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has set dates for cleaning abandoned crab traps from waterways in St. Bernard, Plaquemines and Terrebonne parishes. The department and conservation groups are also calling for volunteers to haul out the traps, protecting (More)

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New Orleans sets up police advisory boards

Posted 9:39 AM 2/8/2012 by AP

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu and Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas have announced the formation of Police Community Advisory Boards in each of the city's eight police districts. The purpose of the boards is to develop and maintain a partnership between the (More)

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LSU AgCenter to merge vet science, animal science

Posted 9:37 AM 2/8/2012 by AP

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The LSU Board of Supervisors has approved merging the LSU AgCenter's Department of Veterinary Science into its School of Animal Sciences. AgCenter Chancellor Bill Richardson says the merger will strengthen research and extension programs in both units and complement (More)

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Defense relentless in questioning ex-Stanford exec

Posted 9:33 AM 2/8/2012 by AP

HOUSTON (AP) - The top money man for jailed Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford has been called everything from a liar to a tax cheat during relentless questioning by an attorney for the financier. James M. Davis, the former chief financial officer for Stanford's companies, has told jurors at the (More)

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Westlake man arrested for possession of child pornography

Posted 9:07 AM 2/8/2012 by News

Westlake - On February 7, 2012, a search warrant at the residence of 21-year-old Casey Harsh of Westlake in Calcasieu Parish. The warrant was the result of an Operation Child Watch involving child pornography. The search revealed sexual abuse images on Harsh's computer. Harsh was (More)

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Overturned tractor-trailer closes part of I-12

Posted 7:57 AM 2/8/2012 by Lauren Wilson

For anyone traveling through Baton Rouge to I-12, State police say there is a crash that has closed both the westbound and eastbound lanes east of O'Neal Lane.

A tractor trailer overturned early this morning and work crews, along with LA State Troopers, are working to clean up the roadways, says State Police Troop A.

Stay tuned to KATC.com for more information as it becomes available.

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Escaped Miss. inmate last seen driving Honda Accord

Posted 3:48 PM 2/7/2012 by Lauren Wilson

An alert is out on an escaped inmate from Mississippi.

Johnny Hall is a white, male. Hall was last seen driving a black Honda Accord with the Mississippi tags of 959AU. He is armed and dangerous.

He was serving a 17-year sentence for three burglary convictions. He was last seen in Blackwell, OK Monday after he robbed a gas station at gunpoint.

If you have seen this vehicle traveling roadways in your area, please contact 911.

News - State

Lottery Second Quarter Revenue Up

Posted 2:32 PM 2/7/2012 by Release

For the second quarter of fiscal year 2012, the Louisiana Lottery Corporation transferred more than $36.4 million to the state, up 11 percent from 2011 and exceeding budgeted transfers by more than $3.8 million.

With second-quarter revenue of $104,168,181, the Lottery contributed (More)

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Low-lying La. prepares for sea level rise

Posted 9:57 AM 2/7/2012 by AP

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A new state report predicts that Louisiana's coast will see 3 feet of sea-level rise by 2100 and recommends that future designs for such things as levees and roads to take sea-level rise into account. The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority issued the technical (More)

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3 arrested for more than 30 burglaries in BR

Posted 9:53 AM 2/7/2012 by AP

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - An adult and two teenagers suspected in at least 36 burglaries in one Baton Rouge neighborhood are in custody. The East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff's office said Monday that 20-year-old Kevin Robertson, a 17-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy each face multiple counts (More)

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What to do with bones from historic cemeteries?

Posted 9:42 AM 2/7/2012 by AP

DESTREHAN, La. (AP) - On Wednesday, the Army Corps of Engineers will describe its plans to re-bury bones unearthed 26 years ago from cemeteries created for slaves before the Civil War and used for black Union soldiers during the war. The Kenner and Kugler cemeteries in St. Charles (More)

Arrest Reports

FRANKLIN ARREST LOG 02/07/12

Posted 8:26 AM 2/7/2012 by Cecilia Stevenson

The Franklin Police Department responded to 13 complaints over the past 24 hours and made the following arrests:

2/6/2012 @ 3:06 PM, GERALD TRAMOND SOPHUS, 22, of Samuel Street - Franklin, LA

was arrested and charged with Driving Under Suspension, Window Tint Restriction and Expired (More)

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Nicholls team in business analysis competition

Posted 5:58 AM 2/7/2012 by AP

THIBODAUX, La. (AP) - Students from universities in Louisiana and Texas are in a competition this week involving business analysis. Students from Nicholls State, Tulane, LSU, Rice and Texas A&M are among the participants in this week's CFA Institute Research Challenge. A Nicholls (More)

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Signs posted to outline Atchafalaya Heritage Area

Posted 5:51 AM 2/7/2012 by AP

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The 14-parish Atchafalaya Heritage Area is getting new signs to let people know when they've traveled into the specially-designated region. Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne, who oversees tourism efforts in Louisiana, said Monday that 264 highway signs are being installed around (More)

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Crime falls in Monroe public housing

Posted 9:55 AM 2/6/2012 by AP

MONROE, La. (AP) - Crime in the Monroe Housing Authority's family developments fell 2.2 percent over the past year, though since 2009 is up about 9.7 percent. The News-Star reports burglary and damage to property were the leading crimes reported. (More)

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New fire board to meet in Houma

Posted 9:47 AM 2/6/2012 by AP

HOUMA, La. (AP) - The new Bayou Cane Fire District board is expected to approve a budget when it holds its first meeting on Monday night in Houma. The Courier reports the board was appointed by the Terrebonne Parish Council in January. It oversees a (More)

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