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Residents raise concerns as Hyundai Steel Facility moves forward in Ascension Parish (opens the original)
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MODESTE — The state has purchased land in Ascension Parish for the planned Hyundai steel facility, a $5.8 billion project expected to create more than 1,300 direct jobs. While officials tout the economic benefits, nearby residents say the project is moving too quickly and comes at a high cost to their quiet community. In Modeste, the land is just a fraction of more than 1,700 acres along the Mississippi River that the state now owns. The property is slated to become a new carbon-steel plant that
Parents, students react after gun-related lockdown at Dutchtown High School (opens the original)
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GEISMAR — Parents rushed to Dutchtown High School on Thursday after authorities placed the campus on lockdown when a student brought a gun to school and threatened another student, according to the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office. “I dropped everything and ran to the school to come get my son,” John Kolb, a parent, said. School officials lifted the lockdown after deputies intervened, but many parents didn’t wait for classes to resume and went straight to pick up their children. Students inside
Former Louisiana House Speaker pleads not guilty to charges connected to disappearance of state artifact (opens the original)
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BATON ROUGE — Former Louisiana House Speaker Clay Schexnayder pleaded not guilty Thursday to felony charges connected to the disappearance of an ancient cypress board that is considered a state artifact. Schexnayder was indicted and arrested in November after the board was last seen in his Gonzales legislative office. He was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on charges of felony theft over $25,000 and felony malfeasance in office. Schexnayder did not answer questions after his Thurs
'It was just outrageous:' Drivers on Atchafalaya Basin Bridge trapped for hours after 18-wheeler fire (opens the original)
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BUTTE LA ROSE - Dozens of drivers endured a tense and frightening ordeal this weekend on I-10 West after an 18-wheeler overturned and caught fire on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. The crash happened Friday night near Whiskey Bay, in the middle of the 18-mile-long bridge. With no exits or turnarounds available, many drivers had no way off the bridge and remained stuck in traffic for hours. One of those drivers was Kentelle Sims, who was traveling with his family. “Now finally I have experienced so
Early-year gun violence raises alarm after Baton Rouge reported crime drop (opens the original)
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BATON ROUGE — A violent stretch of days across Baton Rouge has left multiple people dead and several others injured, raising alarm among community leaders after what had been a relatively quiet start to the new year. Police are investigating a series of separate shootings spanning several neighborhoods, occurring from Thursday through Sunday. In just the last four days, six people were killed and seven others injured, according to law enforcement. Community leaders say the streak of violence so
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