The House Health and Welfare committee heard hours of testimony on a statewide smoking ban that would include casinos and bars. The bill by Opelousas Democrat Dustin Miller was voluntarily yanked, so he can work on the language of the measure. If passed it would virtually ban smoking in just about every public building in the state. Wade Duty represents casinos.

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Reagan Carter is a member of the Louisiana Public Health coalition who supports the bill.

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Miller says he will bring the bill back in two weeks.

Winn Parish Sheriff’s deputies were met with gun fire when they were trying to serve a civil warrant in the small community of the Chee Chee Dam area yesterday afternoon. 71-year-old Betty Lemoine was killed by deputies who had just driven up to their home. State Police is also investigating, Trooper Scott Moreau.

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Moreau say her son 50 year old Kendall Lemoine was the target of the civil arrest warrant, he was seriously injured as well.

A stand-off in the Caddo (Kay-Dough) Heights neighborhood resulted in the death of a woman and the injury of a Shreveport police officer today. About 35 police units arrived in the area at around 11 this morning. An altercation followed led to gun fire. According to media reports, a shooting suspect, 36 year old Jonathan Robinson is in custody. The officer was shot in the arm and his injury was not life threatening.