It was a very tense weekend in Baton Rouge with numerous protests taking place over the police shooting of Alton Sterling. Jeff Palermo has story…:
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On the unsettled topic of race relations throughout the country spreads, LSU associate sociology professor Dr. Lori Martin says we as a society have the chance to turn the recent horrors into something positive, but we have to come together and make a change…:
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A St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s deputy is donating his kidney to a fellow officer. Robert Ardeneaux is scheduled to have the surgery today to help colleague Jason Triche — whose kidneys are failing due to health problems from a 2012 Laplace shooting. Ardeneaux says he looked into becoming an organ donor after a conversation with a friend sparked his interest…:
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Ardeneaux says he hopes this shows people that police officers are still human.

In Bossier Parish, authorities say a teenage boy drowned Sunday afternoon in Cypress Black Bayou in Benton. They say the teen and friends had crossed the fence at a boat launch and he jumped in at the flood gate, but cried out that he could not swim and never resurfaced.

Deputies from the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office have been deployed to Baton Rouge at the request of the Louisiana Sheriff’s Association Task Force to assist with peacekeeping at the protest demonstrations.