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Defending Your Child from Sex Trafficking

Many parents are aware of sex trafficking, but think it can never happen to their child. Pamela Samuels Young, attorney-turned-writer and advocate, wants to dispell that myth. "If your child has a cell phone, predators have direct access to them," Young says. Misconceptions Young stresses the importance of awareness. Any child is accessible, the problem is not exclusive to foster kids or runaways. Predators are no longer lurking around schools, but instead utilizing social media to find...

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The two greatest rock 'n' roll bands of all time face off in a show at The Monroe Civic Center on March 25th. The concert will benefit Fair Visions, A charity that helps local foster families.  Taking the side of the Fab Four is Abbey Road, a Beatles tribute band.  The band will engage in a musical “showdown” of the hits against Rollin Stones tribute band Satisfaction – The International Rolling Stones Show, who offer a faithful rendition of the music and style of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and the British Invasion.

Switzerland-based helicopter maker Kopter selects the Lafayette Regional Airport to assemble helicopters, creating 120 jobs. Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson says Kopter looked at 38 locations before picking Lafayette, which has a strong helicopter culture, because of the oil and gas industry.

The Kopter Production and Product Support Center will deliver SH09, among a variety of models throughout the Western Hemisphere.

A woman and two children were killed and another woman and child critically injured outside the city of New Orleans in what authorities are investigating as a triple homicide a sheriff's spokesman said Wednesday.

Deputies found the victims inside a home in Terrytown just after 7 a.m. Wednesday, Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office spokesman Jason Rivarde said. The injured were taken to a hospital. Rivarde said authorities weren't ready to release cause of death or say whether any weapons were used, and he said no suspects have been identified yet.

Authorities are investigating the death of an Arkansas man who was fatally shot by a deputy near a Mississippi Delta casino. Washington County Deputy Coroner Charles Bell says 31-year-old Joshua Worth of Junction City, Arkansas, died around 2 a.m. Tuesday at Harlow's Casino in Greenville.

Mississippi Bureau of Investigation spokesman Capt. Johnny Poulos says Worth was shot by a Washington County sheriff's deputy. It's unclear what sparked the shooting.

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Many parents are aware of sex trafficking, but think it can never happen to their child. Pamela Samuels Young, attorney-turned-writer and advocate, wants to dispell that myth. "If your child has a cell phone, predators have direct access to them," Young says. 

Misconceptions 

Authorities say a Tulane University student was killed at an Interstate 10 rest stop in Mississippi when two tires came loose from a passing tractor-trailer and struck her.

News outlets report officials with the New Orleans school have identified the student as 21-year-old Margaret Maurer, of Forest Lake, Minnesota.

A radio ad criticizing Louisiana Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards has been removed from stations around the state after his campaign complained it had false information.

NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reported the ads paid for by the political nonprofit Truth In Politics were withdrawn last weekend. Truth in Politics co-founder Lane Grisby said Monday he wants the stations to resume running the ads.

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The City of West Monroe and Keep West Monroe Beautiful are hosting a spring poster contest for elementary students in grades Kindergarten through 5th Grade.

The theme for this year’s poster contest is “Keep West Monroe Cleaner and Greener!” Students may submit an entry on an 8.5X11 piece of paper.

Politicians and schools are now playfully competing for one Louisiana girl's college enrollment after she mistakenly applied to the wrong community college over the weekend.

Kaitlynn Lovelady mistakenly applied to Salt Lake Community College in Utah instead of South Louisiana Community College when trying to enroll in a summer class.

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A new $3 million operating room is ready to treat area hospital patients. On Wednesday, Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Monroe Medical Center cut the ribbon on a new Hybrid OR.  The new operating room is a workspace that combines imaging systems with a surgical table. 

Jonathan Pillips, COO of the Monroe Medical Center  says "By allowing clinicians to diagnose and treat in a single location, we can improve patient safety by reducing risk and delays". He says the new OR will lead to better patient outcomes and will increase efficiency. 

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Truck Driver Accused Of Assault on on I-20

An Alabama truck driver has been accused of assualt after an early morning incident on Interstate 20. Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a report of an aggravated assault at the 108 exit on I-20 in West Monroe at 5:54 a.m. this morning. An OPSO investigation indicated the suspect, Jeremy Rex Cantrell, age 38 of Alabama, a commercial truck driver, was armed with a handgun and allegedly forced 2 passengers to exit his truck at the location. The truck was parked upon arrival...

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