An audit finds $112 million was spent on Medicaid recipients who live out-of-state from 2016 to February of this year. Brooke Thorington has more.
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The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested 41-year-old Christopher Carter of Lake Charles, who allegedly drove around in his SUV with the body of 72-year-old Shelia Ortega. Detectives located Carter’s SUV in a mall parking lot, with her body located inside, deceased. Carter was allegedly opened several loans using Ortega’s information after her death.

Wildfires and grass fires have been popping up around the state and Sabine Parish is one of the hardest hit areas. Thousands of acres have been burned, plus 14 structures and 19 vehicles. Sabine Office of Emergency Preparedness Director Scott Gowen says excessive heat continues to be a threat…
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Gowen says they’ve received assistance from firefighters around the state.

The high school football season begins next week and it’s unclear what the playoff brackets will look like in November. A Baton Rouge judge has ruled the LHSAA can’t use the current definition that determines a “select” school. Plaintiffs’ attorney Brian Blackwell says the association’s executive committee changed the definition, never giving high school principals a chance to vote on this major change…
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It’s unknown what the LHSAA will do next.