In Terrebonne Parish 77-year-old Joseph Sias of New Orleans was killed early Sunday morning in a fatal crash involving another vehicle going in the wrong direction. Trooper Ross Brennan says Katelynn Scott of Houma was deemed impaired at the crash on US Highway 90 just west of state highway 316.
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Scott faces vehicular homicide charges.
State Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting in St. John the Baptist Parish after sheriff’s deputies responded to a partially submerged vehicle Sunday morning at the Interstate-10 west on-ramp at US-51 in Laplace. Trooper Kate Stegall the passenger 20-year-old Jacoby Williams was shot by a deputy and is listed in critical condition.
The driver 19-year-old Kendell Prembrook was not injured.
The U.S. House passes a bill decriminalizing marijuana. What may this mean for Louisiana’s fledgling legal marijuana industry? Kevin Gallagher has more…:
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U-S Senator Bill Cassidy released a statement that he will vote against Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Cassidy praised her personally but says she’s not a strict constructionist and has the support of those who prefer an activist judge. Senator John Kennedy has not stated how he plans to vote.