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• Saints' Michael Thomas helping New Orleans families pay off more than $2M in medical debt

  June 8, 2020 6:01 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - Star Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas is helping pay off more than $2 million worth of medical debt for struggling families in the New Orleans area. NBC Sports reports that Thomas teamed up with RIP Medical Debt, an organization that buys up medical debts at significantly... more »

• Baton Rouge Firemen perform good deed by fixing resident's broken flag pole

  February 11, 2020 10:22 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A few members of the Baton Rouge fire department took time out of their day to perform a good deed for one resident. A pedestrian noticed that the house across the street had a broken flag pole and the flag was hanging down near the bushes... more »

• Veteran who helped Las Vegas shooting victims to receive free truck

  October 9, 2017 2:36 PM

  LAS VEGAS - A car dealership is offering a free truck to the Marine veteran who commandeered a vehicle and used it to rush dozens of victims to hospitals during the mass shooting in Las Vegas. A report from the Arizona Republic says 29-year-old Taylor Winston found keys to... more »

• Pro-monument group plans midnight vigil at Jefferson Davis statue

  April 23, 2017 9:35 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - A group that sued the city of New Orleans over the removal of its Confederate monuments plans to hold a vigil Monday morning as City Hall continues with plans to remove them. According to a report from WWL-TV , he Monumental Task Committee said the vigil... more »

• One bidder proposes to remove Confederate monuments

  April 4, 2017 6:38 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - A lone contractor submitted a proposal to take down three Confederate monuments in New Orleans Tuesday. According to a report from WWL, Cuzan Services Limited submitted a $600,000 bid to remove the monuments of Robert E. Lee, P.G.T. Beauregard and Jefferson Davis. However, the city says... more »

• Woman arrested for stealing Confederate flag from home

  July 5, 2016 5:27 PM

  HARAHAN – A woman is in jail after police said she stole a Confederate flag in front of a home. According to authorities, 18-year-old Madelyn Christina was caught on surveillance video in front of a home where the flag went missing. When contacted by police, Christina told officers... more »

• Woman saving flag from rain goes viral online Play Video

  June 24, 2015 4:55 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A car wash worker's efforts to get a fallen American flag in out of Tuesday's stormy weather in Baton Rouge became an instant sensation on social media. Law office Babcock Partners posted photos Tuesday evening of a woman working at Benny's Car Wash on Essen when... more »