Shreveport finalizes a deal with a company owned by entertainer 50 Cent to develop three entertainment venues in the city. 50 Cent is investing almost 125-million dollars, while the state is providing up to 50-million dollars in performance-based funding. Grant Nuckolls with Shreveport Film and Entertainment Economic Development says if 50 Cent does not keep up with his end of the bargain, the state’s funding will go away.
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Small businesses open 2026 with optimism on the upswing. Leah Long, the Louisiana Director of the National Federation of Independent Business, says while a decrease in uncertainty has increased optimism, there are lingering concerns that they would like to see addressed in the new year.
A 28-year-old Jennings woman is facing criminal charges after cops in Jefferson Davis Parish determine her illegal drug use led to the death of her unborn child. Jennings Police Chief Danny Semmes says Shandelynn Benoit has been charged with third-degree feticide.
Semmes says Benoit took the drugs to alleviate stomach pain. He says the person who supplied her with the fentanyl has also been arrested.
A California doctor has been indicted on felony charges for allegedly trafficking abortion pills into Louisiana. Doctor Remy Coeytaux has been charged in St. Tammany Parish with Criminal Abortion by Means of Abortion Inducing Drugs. According to court documents filed last year, Dr. Coeytaux mailed mifepristone to a woman who said she was forced to take them by her boyfriend. Coeytaux has not responded to the accusations. Prosecutors in Louisiana are also involved in a similar case with a doctor out of New York.