The Southern Poverty Law Center has issued a report that provides the state with recommendations on improving its juvenile justice system. Senior policy analyst Devlin Davis says a major problem with the state’s youth justice system is that it’s over-reliant on incarceration, which is ripe with abuse. He says there are other alternatives that focus on rehab..
Cut 11 (10 “…is deceased”
The Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice says they are constantly reviewing recommendations from third party groups.

Rapides Parish authorities believe they have the body of 58-year-old Robert Owens, a “geocacher” from New Jersey, who was reported missing Monday in the Kisatchie National Forest southwest of Alexandria. RPSO Spokesperson Tommy Carnline says Owens’s severely decomposed body was located near a creek off the trail…
Cut 6 (10) “…different area.”
Owens flew to Louisiana alone on July ninth on a geocache mission.

Tonight is a one billion dollar Powerball jackpot and maybe the winning ticket will be sold in the Bayou State. Louisiana Lottery spokesperson Dustin Annison says we are due…
cut 4 (10) “…the win”
Annison says the odds of winning the jackpot is one in two hundred ninety-two point two million, which means you are more likely to be struck by lighting.

Lighting has struck for former LSU pitcher Paul Skenes, the SEC’s single-season strikeout leader has etched his name in the record books yet again. After being selected No. 1 overall in the MLB draft, Skenes agreed with the Pirates on a contract that includes a $9.2 million signing bonus, the highest for a draft pick in MLB history. He says signing the deal didn’t take much convincing…
Cut 14 (10) “..to take”