The House Health and Welfare Committee approves a bill that would ban the practice of dismemberment abortion in Louisiana. The method, which is known as D-and-E is used during the second trimester. A doctor provided lawmakers with graphic testimony on what happens…
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The bill heads to the House floor and so does a measure that would ban state dollars from going to Planned Parenthood.

LSU has fired its band director Roy King after spending nearly two decades with the Golden Band of Tigerland. King’s attorney Jill Craft says her client’s firing is unjust and if he didn’t check the mail yesterday, he would have found out through the news…
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LSU has not given specific reasons for King’s firing.

Former St. Charles Parish DA Harry Morel has plead guility to obstruction for harassing a witness in an attempt to destroy evidence for a federal grand jury that was targeted the longtime prosecutor. Morel resigned in 2012 as there were allegations Morel traded lenient plea deals for sexual favors from defendants. St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne says they found evidence of that…
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Morel faces up to three years in prison for the obstruction charge.

Two people are dead after a mosquito spraying plane crashed at the Slidell airport last night….
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That’s Slidell Police Sergeant Daniel Seuzeneau, who says the plane struck a powerline. The pilots have been identified as a 68-year-old Wayne Fisher of Slidell and 59-year-old Donald Pechon of Covington.