A Zachary woman is hospitalized after she was shot multiple times while trying to stop a suspected car burglar early this morning. Zachary PD Chief Darryl Lawrence says detectives are communicating with the victim at the hospital and the suspect remains as large.
Under the state’s new Congressional map, the new sixth district boundaries stretch from Baton Rouge to Shreveport changing the demographics to a majority black district. Democratic Black state senator Cleo Fields has said he’ll seek to represent the 6th District, but U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson believes current 6ht district Representative Garrett Graves can still win, because the Presidential race is at the top of the ballot.
Governor Jeff Landry has signed a law classifying two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled and dangerous substances at a bill signing ceremony today. Brooke Thorington has more.
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A Houma resident had an unwelcome guest over the weekend. Police caught the 12-and-a-half-foot reticulated python after the resident found it curled up in a flowerpot. Chief Travis Theriot says the snake is believed to be a former pet released into the wild, which he cautions against.