All four Confederate monuments in New Orleans have been removed, but where do they go from here? Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser is hoping Mayor Mitch Landrieu will let the Office of Tourism take ownership of the statues. Nungesser is currently meeting with the mayor, in what he calls a fight for Louisiana’s history and culture.

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Nungesser is optimistic Landrieu will hand over the statues.

A suspect is dead following an officer involved shooting in Sabine Parish. Police say 24-year-old Ricco Holden got into an altercation with a Converse police officer who was responding to a disturbance. The suspect managed to get into the officer’s patrol car, where he was fatally shot. State Police say their investigation into the incident is ongoing.

A bill to be heard in the House Ways and Means Committee today could help Louisiana’s film industry rebound. The proposal would stabilize the state’s film tax credit program, and it even reserves 10 percent of the credits for Louisiana filmmakers. Celtic Studios Executive Director, Patrick Mulhearn says this could help keep the talented people in our state here.

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This year’s peach harvest is struggling. That’s according to owner of Mitcham Farms in Ruston, Joe Mitcham, who says a fungus in the soil is slowing taking out his orchard, and he is down to only 10 percent of the crop he started with.

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Mitcham says the warm winter also took a toll on his orchard.