A 34-year-old man suspected of killing his parents was apprehended in California. Authorities arrested Joshua Brocato in Los Angeles after he allegedly murdered Marc and Priscilla Brocato, at their Amite area home last week. Tangipahoa Sheriff Gerald Sticker says they were tracking Brocato and when he was arrested on Friday, he had three guns, and he was wearing military style attire.
Brocato is facing two counts of first-degree murder.
The three people killed in the Shreveport house fire Sunday have been identified as 84-year-old Mildred Carter, 56-year-old Eureka Garner and five-year-old Ne-Vaeh Gardner. Shreveport Fire Chief Clarence Reese Junior says the mother of NeVaeh and a seven-year-old who is in the hospital in critical condition after the fire, told them all the occupants were awake when she left for work. She’s heartbroken….
Cut 7 (08) “…prayed with them.”
A bill filed for the upcoming session provides an incentive for students to attend a Louisiana public university if they achieve a score of 31 or higher on the ACT. Ruston Representative Christopher Turner is proposing that high school students who score that high can receive up to 12-thousand dollars yearly in TOPS scholarship money to attend a public university in Louisiana…
Louisiana economist, Dr. Loren Scott believes most sectors of Louisiana’s economy are will suffer as a consequence of the recently imposed tariffs on foreign goods. But Scott says not every industry will suffer. He says the timber, steel and seafood industries in Louisiana could benefit from President Trump’s tariffs due to decreased competition.