St. Tammany Sheriff Randy Smith says the man fatally shot over the weekend by one of his deputies had “grave intentions” when he went to the home of his ex-girlfriend. Smith says on Saturday night 55-year-old Eddy Longoria of Dallas broke into the home and started firing his weapon at the ex-girlfriend and her current boyfriend
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Smith says his deputies fired their guns at Longoria after he fired his.

And there’s an active investigation into a police shooting in Baton Rouge that occurred at an apartment complex. State Police Senior Trooper Bryan Lee…
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Lee says the police officer who fatally shot 24-year-old Calvin Toney was escrorting a state child welfare case worker to the apartmentwhen a struggle ensued.

Governor John Bel Edwards has called it a transformational moment in the history of New Orleans. That’s the announcement by a technology services company who plans to establish a facility in downtown New Orleans and hire about two-thousand people over five years. Consultant Greg Rigamer…
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The LaFourche Parish Council issues a proclamation today marking the 130th anniversary of the Thibodaux Massacre. It’s one of the most violent incidents in American history, when white mobs shot black men and women after sugar cane workers went on strike. President of the 1887 Memorial John DeSantis says this is important…:
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The incident occurred on November 23, 1887.