A suspect is in custody after a stabbing at Louisiana Tech’s campus in Ruston this morning Teiko Foxx has more…
The inmate convicted of 1993 killing BRP Corporal Betty Smothers, the mother of former NFL player Warrick Dunn Will remain on death row.
The Louisiana Board of Pardons refused Henri Broadway’s request for clemency Monday. Broadway was one of several inmates who sent letters to Governor John Bel Edwards earlier this year in hopes of escaping the death penalty.
State Police say a two-vehicle crash on LA 415 in West Baton Rouge Parish claimed the life of a minor Saturday evening. Trooper Christian Reed says nine-year-old Braelynn Washington of Port Allen was a front passenger in a Chevrolet Blazer when it was struck by a Jeep Cherokee.
Rain is falling in south Louisiana. State Climatologist Barry Keim says any rain is welcome considering 99 percent of the state is in drought and 88 percent of Louisiana is in either extreme or exceptional drought. Since October 1st there’s only been an average of one-point-nine inches of rain in the state.