Consultants hired by the City of New Orleans have recommended that Bourbon Street be permanently closed to vehicular traffic. Now, the question is – will the city heed that recommendation? In a news conference this morning, Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick seemed non-committal.

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The seven-year-old girl injured in the house fire in Shreveport over the weekend has died. Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux confirmed that this morning in an interview with KEEL radio.

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The other three victims are the girl’s five-year-old sister, her grandmother and her great-grandmother. Arceneaux calls it the worst fire he has ever seen in his time as mayor, 

Two Lake Charles boys reported missing in November are back home thanks in part to the show On Patrol Live.  Sean Richardson has more.

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Leaders for a Better Louisiana released a report showing that while high school student participation in internships and apprenticeships has grown, the state still trails peer southern states. The group says in 2023, about 5-percent of Louisiana’s 42-thousand graduates earned internship credit, which trails Georgia and Tennessee by a wide margin.