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  • EBRSO looking for guy who tried to pass fake check

    January 29, 2013 3:12 PM

    BATON ROUGE - East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Detectives are looking for a man they said tried to purchase two generator using a stolen cashier's check. Spokesperson Casey Rayborn Hicks said on Oct. 22 the man entered Bozeman Distributor on Airline Highway and presented a Citibank cashier's check to pay... more »
  • Boehner says debt limit should be part of talks

    November 9, 2012 10:54 AM

    WASHINGTON - House Speaker John Boehner says any deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff should include lower tax rates, eliminating special interest loopholes and revising the tax code. Speaking to reporters Friday, the Ohio Republican insisted that changing the tax code and making it more efficient would lead to... more »
  • Developer must pay $201M for loans, interest

    September 5, 2012 8:05 AM

    BATON ROUGE - A federal judge says a Baton Rouge developer owes an Ohio lender $201.9 million in loans and interest on a mixed-use project called Perkins Rowe. U.S. District Judge James J. Brady added that J.T. "Tommy" Spinosa and his firms also must pay Cleveland-based KeyBank National Association... more »
  • Obama signs student loan, road-building bill

    July 6, 2012 5:52 PM

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says a bill to keep construction workers on the job and prevent a spike in interest rates on new loans to college students "will make a real difference" for millions of Americans. Obama signed into law legislation allowing more than $100 billion to be spent... more »
  • Senate rejects GOP, Dem plans on student loans

    May 24, 2012 3:36 PM

    WASHINGTON - The Senate has rejected Democratic and Republican plans for averting a doubling of interest rates on federal college loans for 7.4 million students. The election-season standoff means efforts to resolve the dispute will be delayed until next month. Beginning July 1, interest rates for subsidized Stafford loans for... more »
  • Judge removes herself from Trayvon Martin case

    April 18, 2012 4:17 PM

    ORLANDO - The judge presiding over the Trayvon Martin shooting case has removed herself after George Zimmerman's attorney said she had a possible conflict of interest. Florida Circuit Judge Jessica Recksiedler recused herself Wednesday because of a potential conflict that relates to her husband. He works with Orlando attorney Mark... more »
  • "Person of Interest" found in fatal MSU shooting

    March 26, 2012 2:27 PM

    JACKSON - Authorities say a man arrested in Tennessee on an outstanding robbery warrant is also a person of interest in the death of a Mississippi State University student who was gunned down in a campus dorm. University spokeswoman Maridith Geuder says Mason Perry Jones is a person of interest... more »
  • Alcohol amendment stirs interest in Bogalusa

    February 6, 2012 2:10 PM

    BOGALUSA, La. - A proposed amendment to the Bogalusa city ordinance that prohibits the possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages on public property will get a public hearing this week. The proposed amendment would only exempt documented nonprofit organizations that would be required to get Special Event Permits and to... more »
  • House Speaker refuses request to change remap firm

    April 27, 2011 2:32 PM

    BATON ROUGE - House Speaker Jim Tucker says he won't hire a different law firm to represent the House in its remapping effort, despite complaints the current firm has a conflict of interest. Tucker says he chose Washington, D.C.-based Holtzman Vogel PLLC because of its expertise. He denies his... more »
  • EBRSO names person of interest in Skysail shooting

    October 22, 2010 7:46 PM

    Sheriff's deputies have released the name of a person of interest in a deadly shooting that happened today in the Gardere area. 19-year-old Martin Burnell Robertson is being sought for questioning by the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office after 21-year-old Javon Brooks was shot and killed earlier today. ... more »
  • Person of interest sought in Lake Charles quadruple homicide

    September 8, 2010 3:52 PM

    Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso says deputies want to question a 52-year-old man in connection with the deaths of four people whose bodies were found in a mobile home near Lake Charles. The sheriff says Lee Roy Williams, Jr. had been living in the trailer, had supper Friday with all... more »
  • New Central schools could include tax break

    January 21, 2010 4:15 PM

    The costs for two new schools in Central may be lower than expected. That could mean a break for taxpayers. Plans call for a new intermediate and elementary school to be built on Sullivan Road north of Hooper Road. Voters in Central approved a 20 year property and sales... more »

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