Shreveport Police are investigating a double murder and suicide involving two children; toddlers says SPD’s Sgt. Chris Bordelon…:

CUT 03  (08)        “…two to three range.”

He says the alleged perpetrator kidnapped the kids after fighting with their mom. He took them to a mobile home park, where he shot them both then himself. One child died at the scene the other at a local hospital.

$320-million in federal funds are headed to Louisiana to bolster U.S. battery manufacturing. 219-million dollars will go to Syrah Technologies in Vidalia which makes battery components for electric cars, plus $100-million will go to a chemical plant in St. Gabriel. Senator Bill Cassidy says the money will result in about 300 new jobs…:

CUT 12(09)      “…in Louisiana.”

Work has begun in Kenner on converting the 30-year-old Treasure Chest riverboat casino on Lake Ponchartrain into a land-based operation. The $100-million project is expected to be ready to open in 2024. In the meantime the riverboat will remain open.

Governor John Bel Edwards is urging every Louisianan with student debt to apply for the federal government’s student loan debt relief program before the end-of-the-year deadline…:

CUT 02(29)      “…Golsby.”