Law enforcement may have a new tool to stop uninsured motorists. Emelie Gunn has more….

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Shreveport Police say a 13-year-old boy is recovering in a local hospital after being shot in the head last night. They say the juvenile rode his bike from the scene to his mother’s house, some two miles away, before being transported to the hospital. The boy is expected to be OK. Police are working to determine what the boy was shot with and the identity of those involved.

The state Department of Health and Hospitals will be testing beach water along the Louisiana coast to determine the level of a disease causing waterborne bacteria. DHH Beach Monitoring Program Director Ryan Farlow says you can log on to their website, dhh.louisiana.gov, to check on any location’s current status…

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He says people who have open wounds or a compromised immune system should be more cautious about where they’re going.

The Department of Transportation announces lane closures will go into effect Friday at 11am on I-10 and I-12 near I-59 in St. Tammany Parish as crews will be working to replace the roadway at certain locations in that area through the weekend. DOTD spokeswoman Bambi Hall says motorists going to and from the New Orleans area to the Northshore and also in and out of Mississippi will experience delays…

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Hall says at least one lane of traffic will remain open at all times.