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INVESTIGATIVE UNIT: Elayn Hunt Employee arrested for bringing drugs on property, charged with malfeasance
ST. GABRIEL - An employee at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center was arrested after a K9 found drugs in his car Tuesday. The arrest comes after multiple WBRZ Investigative Unit reports about drug use and an inmate death. During a routine search of the parking lot, K9 Zak alerted to the...
Heads Up Lake Charles And SWLA, CPSO Conducting DWI Checkpoint This Weekend
The Labor Day weekend is almost here which means a long weekend for most folks as they will all be off on Monday, September 2nd, 2024. Also, this weekend is the kickoff to college football. The McNeese Cowboys will be playing here in Lake Charles and LSU will be live on television on Sunday night So most people will go out tailgating for the pokes or holding LSU football parties at their homes or go out to a restaurant or bar to watch the game.
Lottery for black bear hunting permits opens Thursday
BATON ROUGE - Though the 2024 bear hunting season doesn't open until December, the lottery to obtain a permit to participate opens Thursday. The lottery will run from Aug. 29 to Sept. 25, allowing hunters to earn one of only ten permits. Lottery applicants can submit applications through the Department...
5th Circuit rules for Tesla in its fight to sell electric vehicles directly in Louisiana
A federal appellate panel has jump-started what had been a stalled lawsuit from electric automaker Tesla against Louisiana auto dealers and the state commission that regulates them. A change the Legislature made to state law in 2017 has prevented Tesla from selling or leasing its vehicles directly to buyers in Louisiana, forcing customers to go […]
You'll soon find this local, high-protein rice on Walmart shelves across Louisiana
Parish Rice, the high-protein product made at M&S Fruge Farms in Eunice, will hit shelves at 74 Walmart stores in Louisiana on Saturday. The company announced the deal Tuesday that also includes distribution to 491 Walmart locations across 15 southern and midwestern states. The rice, which Michael Fruge launched in...
Americans’ perception of AI is generally negative, though they see ‘beneficial applications’
A vast majority of Americans feel negatively about artificial intelligence and how it will impact their futures, though they also report they don’t fully understand how and why the technology is currently being used. The sentiments came from a survey conducted this summer by think tank Heartland Forward, which used Aaru, an AI-powered polling group […]
Louisiana Should Adopt Australia’s ‘Disconnect Law’ Where You Can Ignore the Boss
Wouldn't it be wonderful if there was a Louisiana law allowing you to ignore emails and phone calls from your boss when it's after work? In Australia, they have just passed something called the "Right to Disconnect" law. This new law, according to NPR, also applies to people at work....
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