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Tuesday Jan 31 | Best of New Orleans

Review: Assemblages by Jimmy Descant

He often haunted flea markets and rummage sales, and with his leather jacket and shades, Jimmy Descant looked more like a musician than a visual artist.

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Mon Jan 30, 2012

The Advocate

Lee letter: Artwork for sale

A Dec. 7, 2011, letter written by Derrick Todd Lee and sent to Jessika Gein, the co-founder of serialkillersink.net, includes the death row inmate listing how much he charges for his drawings and asking whether Gein would be intertested in selling his art.

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Sun Jan 29, 2012

The Advocate

Serial killer sells art online

Convicted serial killer Derrick Todd Lee has artwork for sale online with at least one drawing selling a day after it was posted on the site.

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Sat Jan 28, 2012

The Advocate

Library funds on March ballot

The March 24 propositions include a $3.5 million construction bond issue that bond attorney Alan Offner estimated will require levying about 1.15 mills in property taxes annually to repay the bonds over 20 years.

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Tue Jan 03, 2012

KSLA-TV Shreveport

Visitor to Louisiana penitentiary arrested

A St. Tammany Parish woman is free after posting $12,000 bail for allegedly trying to smuggle marijuana into the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.

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