A one-time NFL player was charged with murder in what Baton Rouge police describe as a drug-related killing in Louisiana back in 2013. 31-yr-old Devin Holland was arrested Wednesday in the shooting death of Timothy Pena during an apparent drug deal six years ago. Holland played football for McNeese State University and Tulane University before signing a contract with Tampa Bay, where he played in four games in 2011. He also signed with the Washington Redskins before being released in 2013. Booking records showed DNA evidence linked Holland to a truck where Pena was found fatally wounded.

54 years after Hurricane Betsy hit the Louisiana coast, the storm is upgraded to the Category 4 hurricane. State Climatologist Barry Keim says the reclassification comes as weather researchers reanalyze Atlantic hurricane seasons and better interpret the data…
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Betsy did over a Billion dollars in damage and claimed 75 lives.

Louisiana aims to make sure all high school freshmen in the class of 2025 will have at least one dual enrollment credit or industry-relevant credential by graduation. Matt Doyle has more…
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Now here are yesterday’s closing markets….