Even though the new law doesn’t take effect until January 1st, your days of schlepping to a vehicle inspection station are over. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office Juvenile Unit detectives have arrested a Prairieville 37-year-old in connection with the May 18 drowning death of a three-year-old. Babysitter Joann Johnson is charged with one count of Negligent Homicide after leaving the boy unsupervised as he fell into a backyard pool.
Those caught smoking marijuana in school zones now face up to a year in jail and a one-thousand-dollar fine, thanks to a new law signed by Governor Landry. Pollock Representative Gabe Firment says smoking marijuana within two thousand feet of campuses and schools was already illegal in Louisiana. He says his bill does not create any new crimes.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologists believe they are making progress in restoring a critical fish habitat on Toledo Bend. LDWF Biologist Manager Villis Dowden says over the past two weeks crews have stocked 110 containers of native eelgrass which can provide critical habitat for juvenile fish….
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From 2015 to 2017, Bassmaster Magazine ranked Toledo Bend as the best bass lake in the nation.