SULPHUR (AP) — Six Calcasieu Parish schools will soon be checking visitors’ IDs against a national database of sex offenders.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A former contractor for Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman’s office has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after pleading guilty in a bid-rigging and kickback scheme
Standing on the grounds in front of the State Capitol last weekend, Russel Honoré joined other independent authors pushing their wares at the Louisiana Book Festival.
State moves to recover funds from charities
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — State-licensed casinos in Louisiana won $187.3 million from gamblers in October, about even with a year earlier.