A Jennings woman is facing third degree feticide charges after her unborn child died after she allegedly overdosed on fentanyl. Jennings Police Chief Danny Semmes says Shandelynn Benoit admitted to taking fentanyl and heroin to alleviate stomach pain…
Cut 12 (11) “….including death”
Semmes says the man who supplied the fentanyl to Benoit has also been arrested.
A California doctor has been indicted on felony charges for allegedly mailing abortion pills to a woman in St. Tammany Parish. According to court documents, Dr. Remy Coeytaux mailed a medication known as an abortion pill, to a woman who said she was forced to take them by her boyfriend. Attorney General Liz Murrill says Coeytaux is not providing healthcare, instead he’s dealing drugs…
Prosecutors in Louisiana are also involved in a similar case with a doctor out of New York.
G-Unit Film and Television has finalized plans to invest more than 124 million dollars that will be used to develop three entertainment venues in Shreveport. They are the former Stageworks facility, modernizing the former Millenium Studios and the construction of the permanent G-Dome in downtown Shreveport. Louisiana is providing up to 50-million dollars in performance based funding, but Grant Nuckolls with Shreveport Film and Entertainment Economic Development says the work needs to be done in a timely manner…
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LED says these improvements will drive economic growth, tourism and help improve the region’s ability to support film and TV production.
The latest survey by the NFIB finds that small business optimism continues to climb as uncertainty has reached its lowest level since June of 2024. NFIB state director Leah Long says one issue becoming a bigger problem is swipe fees, the charges retailers have to pay to credit card companies when purchases are made with a credit or debit card….
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There is bipartisan legislation that’s trying to correct this issue. It’s called the Credit Card Competition Act, which has the support of President Trump.