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The controversial bill to double legislative pay that's sitting on Gov. Bobby Jindal's desk -- and that will automatically become law July 8 if the governor makes good on his promise not to use his veto power ...

Pay raise redux: Did Jindal break promise? In August 2007, at least through his campaign materials, then-Congressman Bobby Jindal promised voters that he would, as governor, "prohibit Legislators from giving ...

Looking for some fun summer reading? Try these two new novels, one for a thrill and one for a good laugh.

“She weekly goes to all the campgrounds and hands out fliers to the campers inviting them to services at either the resort or to a nearby church. "She really does not get enough credit for all that she does”

Take a leisurely drive down Louisiana Highway 6, and you will find yourself retracing the path used by early settlers along the El Camino Real. via The Baptist Message

“We could be investigating something that we don't know came through Crime Stoppers.”

MANY - Two more rewards have been offered to prompt tipsters to provide clues to major unsolved crimes in Sabine Parish. via The Shreveport Times

“The characters we have here in New Orleans are better than anything they've got in Washington or Hollywood. And the material never stops.”

This week, the political roundtable discussion "Politics With a Punch" celebrates its sixth anniversary. via Times-Picayune

“The great thing for me being in New York is this extraordinarily competitive restaurant scene, which tends to be a sort of snobbery that I think is just not found in Louisiana culture when people are talking about good food”

In his first book, New Orleans native Scott Gold writes a humorous tale of eating meat across the country. via Times-Picayune

“It's under investigation. We're working on it as we speak. That's about all I can say right now”

ZWOLLE - The body of a 22-year-old Zwolle man was found stuffed into the trunk of his girlfriend's vehicle shortly after noon Sunday, giving Sabine Parish its second homicide in less than a month. via The Shreveport Times

“I've never been really concerned with safety, but I am now. Now, I'll lock the door when I go outside.”

NOBLE - Winter's frigid temperatures have robbed part of the view from Mildred and Larry Lambert's lakeside property. via The Shreveport Times

NOBLE - A woman was shot to death and her husband was wounded in an apparent home invasion over the weekend in Sabine Parish. via The Daily Advertiser

LOUISIANA SINFONIETTA CONCERT: 4 p.m., St. James Place, 333 Lee Drive. A concert of varied music for two flutes featuring Linda Cotter and Brittany Foster. via 2theadvocate.com