12:30 LRN Newscast Mar 4

Shreveport Police have arrested 18-year-old Shamichael Pearson in connection to the shooting death of 17-year-old Huntington High Student Devin Meyers. As for a motive Shreveport Police Sgt Angie Willhite says investigators say the two had an ongoing dispute.

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Bond for Pearson is set at $350-thousand.

New Orleans State Representative Matthew Willard was shocked to find out the state still had two officially recognized holidays honoring the Confederacy on the books. Now he is introducing a bill at the next session to remove both Robert E. Lee Day and Confederate Memorial Day as legal holidays.

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The rising price for gasoline will mean higher prices at the grocery store. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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The state reports another decline is COVID hospitalizations today, 368 are battling COVID in Louisiana hospitals that’s a decline of 26 from the previous day.