The US Department of Justice announces they will not seek federal criminal civil rights charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Victor White, who died from a gunshot wound sustained while in the back of an Iberia Parish Sheriff’s deputy patrol vehicle. Legal analyst Tim Meche says it appears federal officials conducted a thorough investigation before coming to this decision…

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The Iberia Parish Coroner ruled the death a suicide.

According to studies from WalletHub and the Corporation for National and Community Service, Louisiana ranks as the worst state in the country when it comes to volunteering. But Executive Director of Volunteer Louisiana Judd Jeansonne says a study they commissioned and produced by LSU shows a much higher rate of volunteerism…

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Jeansonne says the national surveys do not include church and faith based volunteering.

A group called the Monumental Task Committee says they have collected over 31-thousand signatures from people who oppose the removal of four Confederate monuments in New Orleans. President Pierre McGraw says they want their voices heard before the city council holds a special committee meeting on Thursday that will discuss the removal of the structures….

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McGraw says the M-T-C supports the installation of interpretive plaques to help gain a better understanding of the original and current context of these monuments.