It may soon be illegal to handle your cellphone while behind the wheel as a handheld cellphone ban is nearing final legislative approval. The Senate approved the House Bill 33 to 5. Covington Republican Patrick McMath says it is already illegal in the state to text and drive, but the law is unenforceable…
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The legislation means that your cell phone cannot be in your hand while driving with some exceptions. It heads back to the House for approval of Senate amendments.
The LSU baseball team is headed to the Super Regionals after giving Jay Johnson his 500th career win last night as the Tiger defeated a hot hitting Little Rock team 10 to 6.…
LSU will host West Virginia in a best out of three Super Regional series starting Saturday at 1 PM.
A Sulphur high school teacher and coach is facing charges for his alleged role in the stabbing of a six-year-old child. Major Mark Leblanc with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office says their deputies went to a home in the Leonville area to investigate a domestic disturbance and walked into a chaotic scene
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Leblanc says 37-year-old Patrick Greene was combative with deputies at the scene, but eventually arrested and charged with domestic abuse battery with child endangerment, two counts of aggravated assault and resisting an officer. Leblanc says the child is at a Baton Rouge hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a bill to allow low-income homeowners to receive up to a two-thousand-dollar tax credit to help them pay for property insurance. The tax credits would be limited to 10 million dollars per year and be granted first come, first serve. Chalmette Republican Michael Bayham supports the bill by New Orleans Democrat Senator Royce Duplessis.
The Senate approved bill still needs full House approval.