The State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating three separate house fires that claimed three lives in just over one day…:

CUT 02(32)      “…Thorington.”

The man who shot & killed former NFL player Joe McKnight back in 2016 changes his plea to guilty of manslaughter and gets ten years in prison. 61-year-old Ronald Gasser was scheduled for a retrial of his 2018 conviction, due to the state tossing out non-unanimous jury verdicts. He shot McKnight during a road rage incident in Terrytown.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has given the green light to the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project that will use Mississippi River sediment to rebuild parts of Louisiana’s coast. State Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority director Bren Haase says the project will help restore the estuary and provide important hurricane protection for New Orleans…:

CUT 07(07)      “…protection systems.”

The Louisiana Emergency Rental Assistance Program and the Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Fund will stop accepting applications tomorrow. Assistant Commissioner of Administration Desiree Thomas says the state will continue reviewing applications submitted before tomorrow’s deadline until all funds are expended…:

CUT 05(05)      “…at five o’clock.”

Deputies in Ascension Parish seek a pair of women who were naughty and not nice when they stole over $1000 worth of electronics and clothing from a local Walmart. Someone’s getting a lump of coal in their stockings.