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Members of the Bay St. Louis, Miss., community stand with candles during a vigil for Bay St. Louis police Sgt. Steven Robin and Officer Branden Estorffe at Tiger Stadium on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. Robin and Estorffe were killed the day before when a woman shot both of them. (Hannah Ruhoff/The Sun Herald via AP)

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Mississippi officials: Woman and officer shot each other
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fri,12/16/22-3:18PM , 95 Reads
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi police officer shot and killed a woman even as the woman was fatally shooting the officer and his partner in the parking lot of a Gulf Coast motel on Wednesday, authorities now say.
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Editorial Roundup: Louisiana
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Fri,12/16/22-12:35PM , 60 Reads
The Advocate. December 12, 2022.

Editorial: Facing deadlines, Congress taking action on Louisiana’s vital interests
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Flowers, balloons and Mardi Gras beads are placed at a makeshift memorial next to a bicycle lane in New Orleans on March 4, 2019. On Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, a driver who was drunk when he struck nine bicycle riders near a Mardi Gras parade route in New Orleans in 2019, killing two, was re-sentenced to 65 years in prison — down from the 91 years he originally faced. (AP Photo/Kevin McGill, File)

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Lower 65-year sentence for drunk driver who killed 2 bikers
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Fri,12/16/22-12:35PM , 116 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A driver who was drunk when he struck nine bicycle riders near a Mardi Gras parade route in New Orleans in 2019, killing two, has been re-sentenced to 65 years in prison — down from the 91 years he originally faced.
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Winning numbers drawn in 'Pick 4' game
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Thu,12/15/22-10:58PM , 56 Reads
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 4" game were:

1-9-0-5

(one, nine, zero, five)

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