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Airmen from the 159th Security Forces Squadron, Louisiana Air National Guard, returned home from a five-month deployment during a welcome-home event in New Orleans.
The Airmen were greeted by family, friends and co-workers when they arrived at Louis Armstrong International Airport.

It has been about 12 years since West Nile virus, the mosquito-borne disease, was first identified in Louisiana, but this year the chikungunya fever has made its presence known.

Police officers, sheriffs’ deputies and State Police troopers from 166 Louisiana law enforcement agencies are working overtime through Sept. 1 to clear the state’s roads of impaired drivers.

The Vermilion Parish Police Jury is not saying you can not own dogs such as pit-bulls, german shepards or rottweilers; however, if you want to own one, the Police Jury may want you to jump over hurdles in order to do so.

A Mexican man captured after an international manhunt has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, aggravated rape and aggravated burglary charges in Lake Charles.
Twenty six-year-old Jose Manuel Garcia Guevara entered not guilty pleas Friday.