St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Randy Smith says Fire Chief Steve Krentel has been cleared in the murder of his wife Nanette, who was found in a burned home with a gunshot wound to the head in July. Smith says Steve Krentel was their initial primary person of interest…:
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The St. Tammany Corner officially ruled Nanette Krentel’s death as a homicide.

An arrest has been made in the murder of a St. Martin Parish woman who was eight months pregnant. Major Ginny Higgins says authorities arrested 32-year-old Toni Trimble Thomas and she is charged with one count of first degree murder and one count of first degree feticide….:
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The suspect’s brother was the boyfriend of the victim, 24-year-old Ashley Nicole Meche. Investigators believe the boyfriend had nothing to do with this.

The general election for State Treasurer is a month away. Three Republican candidates are raising money. There’s also a Democrat and Libertarian on the ballot. Publisher of La-politics-dot-com, Jeremy Alford, says even though it’s a statewide race, the candidates have not raised a lot of money, so they’ll have to be creative…:
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Early Voting begins September 30th.

The principal of a Baton Rouge charter school is accused of punishing a 5-year-old by locking her in a closet for punishment. Shafeeq Syid Shamsid-Deen, is listed as the principal of Laurel Oaks Charter School. He is wanted on counts of cruelty to a juvenile and false imprisonment, but Baton Rouge Police say he has yet to turn himself in and had not been booked. The school’s board has reportedly placed the principal on leave pending the results of its own investigation.