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What started out as an amendment to restrict sales and discharge of fireworks in Shreveport

BATON ROUGE, La. - A recent forecast of the size of the "Dead Zone" in the northern Gulf of Mexico for late July 2020 is that it will cover 7,769 square-miles of the bottom of the continental shelf off Louisiana and Texas.

ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced Thursday that a registered nurse formerly employed with the VA Medical Center in Pineville, La ., pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell to one count of fraudulently obtaining Hydromorphone.

MONROE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Robert Perkins, 58, of Hall Summit, Louisiana, and Deborah Hawthorne, 60, of Monroe, La., were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Donald E. Walter, to serve 13 years and 11 years in federal prison, respectively, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine.

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is investigating multiple incidents of improper messaging posted on contractor-owned digital message boards in the Alexandria area by non-DOTD or non-contractor employees.

BATON ROUGE, La . - Attorney General Jeff Landry wants Louisiana citizens to be aware that the U.S. Treasury Department has begun distributing Economic Impact Payments to eligible individuals via prepaid debit cards; and he is offering consumer information and tips to help ease some of the concerns regarding the validity of these stimulus monies.

A Monroe man was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty to 20 years in federal prison and 10 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography. Christopher Joe Stamper, 28, is also required to register as a sex offender.