Industry leaders are hopeful Louisiana’s movie business could rebound if the legislature approves proposed changes to the film tax credit program.
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State Police is investigating a Sabine Parish officer involved shooting in which a man from Zwolle was killed. They say the incident happened in Converse south of Shreveport when a cop from the small western Louisiana town got into an altercation with 24-year-old Ricco Holden as he was trying to get into the police unit. Holden was then shot and died at the scene. More on this as it develops.

Now that four Confederate monuments in New Orleans have been removed, Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser is hoping the city will let the office of tourism decide what to do next. Nungesser is disappointed monuments to Louisiana’s history have been taken down, and he suspects the memorials to the confederate leaders won’t be the last to be removed…:
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It’s unclear where the statues will go, but they could be re-homed in state parks or possibly a new museum.

Peaches could be hard to come by this year. Joe Mitcham of Mitcham Farms in Ruston says Louisiana had a warm winter and without enough chill hours, the leaves don’t fill out on the peach trees which causes the fruit to shed. He says a fungus in the soil is also killing many of his peach trees…:
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With a poor harvest, Mitcham expects a high demand in peaches and peach products and short supply.