Services for slain East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Sgt. Shawn Anderson is being held in Baton Rouge at this hour, and a massive procession in his honor will follow. Anderson was shot and killed while conducting an investigation at a barber shop last weekend. He will be laid to rest following the funeral in Pine Grove, Louisiana.

Maj. Kevin Reeves has been named interim superintendent of Louisiana State Police. Jeff Palermo has the story…:
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New census numbers find Louisiana’s population was 4.6 million residents in 2016, only growing but 0.3-percent from the previous year. Data also shows more people left New Orleans for other cities around the country than moved in for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. Demographer Greg Rigamer says the Crescent City continues to lack high paying jobs…:
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Rigamer says East Parish Rouge Parish remains the largest in the state with 447-thousand people.

Authorities in Rapides Parish are investigating two break ins this morning at Tioga High School and Jr. High where extensive damage was done to school property. Capt. Tommy Carnline with the Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to a call at around 5:15 this morning when a janitor reported the destruction…:
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Carnline says they are following up on leads but no arrests have been made at this time.