A lawyer representing Cardell Hayes, the man accused of killing Saints Super Bowl champion Will Smith, told reporters that someone other than Hayes may have had a firearm. Legal analyst Chick Foret says if Hayes wants to use self-defense as a claim, it will be hard to prove unless police found a gun in Smith’s vehicle…
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Hayes is being held on a one-million dollar bond.

Today, Governor John Bel Edwards declared April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. State Police Major Doug Cain says law enforcement are getting the tools and training nececessary to recognize and prevent abuse…
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According to Prevent Child Abuse Louisiana, there were over 12-thousand victims of child abuse and neglect in 2014, the latest year statistics are available

Two children are dead in a suspected drunk driving wreck in Livingston Parish last night. State Police Trooper Bryan Lee says 26-year-old Jerry Ervin of Holden plowed into a six and four year old child who were standing on the side of the road as adults were attempting to remove a garbage compactor from the highway. Lee says investigators suspect Ervin was impaired…
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Lee says three other people were also injured, after Ervin’s vehicle hit them.

Southern University is mourning over the death of two of its students who were killed when gunfire rung out an apartment complex early Sunday morning. Baton Rouge Sergeant Don Coppola…
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One person has been arrested and police hope to make another arrest in the near future.