A maintenance worker at the Orleans Parish Justice Center was arrested for aiding in the escape of 10 inmates this past weekend. Sean Richardson has more.
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A six-year-old special needs child drowned in Toledo Bend Lake Monday, and her mother has been arrested. Sabine Parish Sheriff Aaron Mitchell says it appears the child was left unattended and walked a short distance from her home into the lake at Lanan Bay Cove. The child’s mother, 27-year-old Bethany Stocking pulled the child from the water, called 9-1-1, and began CPR. The child was pronounced deceased at Sabine Medical Center. Stocking has been charged with on count of felony cruelty to juveniles.
The House Transportation Committee advances a Senate bill that would outlaw speed cameras that issue tickets from operating outside of school zones. Several local police departments oppose the legislation. They say cameras that issue speeding tickets help with highway safety, but Monroe Senator Stewart Cathey argues manpower improves public safety…
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Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux testified against the bill saying speed cameras in school zones have helped to reduce speeding in front of schools and the city plans to install speed cameras outside of school zones…
This bill does not address traffic-light cameras and speed cameras would still be legal in school zones.