A bill to increase the age for an individual being charged for a crime from 17 to 18 moves closer to final legislative passage. Michelle Southern has more…
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State Representatives have rejected the changes the Senate made to the proposed budget for next fiscal year. The spending plan will now go into a conference committee where representatives from both chambers will try to come to a compromise before the regular session ends on Monday.
The first shooter arrested in the fatal shooting of two Southern students in April, has had his charge upgraded to second-degree murder. Baton Rouge Police Cpl. L’Jean Mckneely says more arrests could be made as police are attempting to find the brother of the other shooter involved, 25-year-old Brandon Henderson.
The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating three suspected murders that occurred within 24 hours in Natalbany. Following a double homicide early Thursday morning, the body of 18-year-old Marcus Lightfoot was found early Friday morning a block or so away from the scene of the double homicide. Sheriff Daniel Edwards says the Sheriff’s Office is offering an award for information about both of these cases.