Dry and windy conditions have increased the fire danger for Louisiana. LRN meteorologist Bill Jacquemin has more..
Yesterday, there were several hundred acres that were burning along I-12 in St. Tammany Parish. Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain…
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With students posting threats against schools on social media in increasing numbers year after year, one state lawmaker has filed a bill aimed at putting a stop to it. Pineville Representative Mike Johnson’s bill would increase the penalty for terrorizing a school to 15-thousand dollars or up to 15 years in prison, and parents would be held financially responsible. Johnson says there would be certain instances where parents could face even more severe consequences.
Cut 9 (10) “…them criminally liable.”
Johnson says under his bill, all students will know about the state law and the consequences surrounding it – all in a way that they can understand.
A year-long narcotics investigation in Terrebonne Parish has resulted in six arrests and the largest methamphetamine seizure in the history of the sheriff’s office, approximately 70 pounds. Lt. Blake Tabor says the coordinated operation also resulted in the recovery of significant quantities of other dangerous narcotics…
Cut 12 (06) “…if you will”
The six people arrested range in ages 25 to 59 and live in Houma, Gray and Schriever.