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Officials have not yet cleared the site for the removal of the bodies. Holes are being cut in the roof of the building to begin retrieving the crumbled pieces

The family of a Eunice man tells us he is "doing ok" after him and three other workers evacuated a production platform that caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico.

I'm thankful my husband still has his job in the oilfield, but there are many families in south Louisiana who are suffering because of the drop in oil prices. I know it scares me, and it's a real fear for them.

We had two questions for you this past week. One dealt with falling crude prices effects on local jobs. The other was about the Louisiana State Police 20% raise for troopers.

Think about then number 3 million. Three million is a lot of anything! A federal judge has determined that 3.19 million barrels of oil were released into the gulf by the BP oil spill.

Places like Lake Charles, Lafayette and Baton Rouge are heavily tied to the oil industry in the gulf. Lake Charles has diversified with casinos and natural gas; but the oil industry is still a huge economic powerhouse here. Do you think the low oil prices will cost us jobs in Southwest Louisiana?

The duel is on! It's The Muppetts vs Fox News! Where will we be when the smoke clears?   Fox News accuses the Muppets of having a political agenda and that agenda is anti-oil and anti-business. Here is the clip. The muppets answer with this press conference...