It’s believed 83-year-old Marvin Stephens of Prairieville who confessed to killing his 75-year-old wife Wednesday may have dementia. Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Donovan Jackson says when authorities arrived on the scene Patricia Stephens was suffering from a gunshot wound. She was taken by helicopter to a local hospital where she later died.
The case is under investigation and medical experts will be consulted.
A federal judge dismisses a lawsuit from a death row inmate challenging the constitutionality of Louisiana’s execution methods. The judge ruled there was nothing to settle because Louisiana is not able to obtain the drugs needed to carry out an execution. Attorney General Jeff Landry says if the state is having trouble getting the drugs, they can protect the identity of the drug maker…
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LSU’s Kim Mulkey collected her third Associated Press Coach of the Year honor on Thursday, after leading the Tigers to a 26-6 record, second place in the SEC, and earning LSU’s first NCAA tournament win in eight years. The typically brash Mulkey was humbled…
Congresswoman Julia Letlow’s first bill to pass in the house is one that’s personal. The COIVD-19 American History Project Act would task the Library of Congress to record stories of those, like herself, that lost a loved one to COVID. Letlow says the act also allows those on the front lines to participate too.
Letlow lost her husband to COVID, the legislation now heads to the Senate.