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• Phony boat salesman scammed Louisiana residents out of $83K

  July 6, 2022 1:59 PM

  Deputies arrested a man suspected of scamming multiple Louisiana residents who were trying to buy boats online. The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office said at least two people in the area fell into the trap set up by Modestas Grublys, a Lithuanian national who went by the false name... more »

• Louisiana-born author Anne Rice dies at 80

  December 12, 2021 5:39 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) — Anne Rice, the novelist whose lush, best-selling gothic tales, including “Interview With a Vampire,” reinvented the blood-drinking immortals as tragic antiheroes, has died. She was 80. Rice died late Saturday due to complications from a stroke, her son Christopher Rice announced on her Facebook page... more »

• New Orleans musician Aaron Neville announces retirement from touring

  May 6, 2021 4:14 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - Famous New Orleans musician Aaron Neville announced he is retiring from touring but says he may occasionally do live performances in the future. In a Facebook post shared with fans Thursday afternoon, the 80-year-old singer said he made his decision based on the "Grueling nature of... more »

• Rapper Lil Boosie pepper sprayed while shopping in Biloxi

  April 10, 2017 5:37 PM

  BILOXI, Miss. - Baton Rouge rapper Lil Boosie was pepper sprayed by a security guard while shopping in a Mississippi department store Sunday. A video posted by a fan shows Boosie arguing with the security guard at a Dillards before Boosie and two others are pepper sprayed in the... more »

• Louisiana artist presents parents of Nick Tullier with portrait

  January 12, 2017 11:24 AM

  HOUSTON – An artist from Bossier presented a portrait to the parents of injured East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Deputy Nick Tullier this week. Tullier was shot and injured during a n ambush against law enforcement officers on July 17. Tullier, along with another deputy and Baton Rouge Police officer... more »