In Winn Parish they are investigating the murder of Calvin High School’s softball coach 51-year-old Kevin Camp. Sheriff Cranford Jordan (Jur-dan) says Camp and the 17-year-old got into an argument about returning home late and that’s when the teen allegedly shot his father. He says the juvenile has been charged with manslaughter in the death of his father.
The teenager is being held at the Winn Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Baton Rouge Police have arrested three 19-year-old men in the murder of a pregnant woman and her unborn child early Sunday morning. Sgt. L’Jean McKneely says one of the shooters was injured by gunfire, transported to a local hospital and then booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
19-year-old Marques Porch, 19-year-old Gregory Parker, and 19-year-old Derrick Curry were charged with second-degree murder and first-degree feticide.
It appears Mandeville Representative Richard Nelson’s proposal to eliminate the state’s income tax is dead for the session. Nelson’s major tax reform idea is to do away with the income tax and replace the revenue lost by eliminating dozens of sales tax exemptions and lowering the homestead exemption. But Metairie Representative Laurie Schlegel says her constituents like the 75-thousand dollar homestead exemption
The bill was tabled.