The legislative auditor finds that Louisiana has nearly 15 thousand contracts worth about 21 billion dollars, with no way to keep track of many of them. State Treasurer John Kennedy says this shows that the right hand in this state has no idea what the left hand is doing, or somebody is trying to hide something when it comes to contracts…:
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Kennedy says it’s time to completely reform the way contracts are handled in state government.

The Shreveport Police Department says two people are dead and a third is injured after a morning shooting and standoff. They say a woman was killed and another man was shot in the leg and was taken to a hospital with non life threatening injuries. The suspected shooter barricaded himself inside a home and a robot later confirmed the man was dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The investigation is ongoing.

An image in Champions Square that has Darren Sharper on it will be coming down soon. Jeff Palermo has the story…:
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The New Orleans Pelicans have fired head coach Monty Williams. In a statement, the team says making a decision like this is never easy, but they decided now was the time to act and they wish nothing but the best for Williams in the future.