A disturbing discovery in Shreveport. A deceased one-day old infant was found mixed in with linens at a cleaning facility. What the ALSCO Uniforms employee who found the baby initially believed was a doll, turned out to be a child that was supposed to have been cremated at a Dallas Funeral Home. Alsco was able to determine that the laundry came from that funeral home. The baby’s body is now in the custody of the Caddo Parish Coroner and the Texas Funeral Service Commission has been notified.

Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans is boosting its reward for information leading to the capture of the two remaining escapees from the Orleans Justice Center to 20 thousand dollars bringing the combined reward to 50-thousand dollars per fugitive. President Darlene Cusanza says Crimestoppers has gotten so many tips that it had to increase staffing to handle the calls. And she says they have been very beneficial.

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She says each of those tipsters will be paid their reward money.

There’s been a major monkey wrench thrown into the battle to restrict speed cameras throughout the state. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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On a 10-5 vote, the House Health and Welfare committee rejected a bill by Houma Sen. Mike Fesi that sought to ban fluoride in public drinking water systems.  Dentist testified against the bill saying it would increase tooth decay, Fesi fought back against that argument.

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The bill, which received Senate approval, would have allowed parishes to reintroduce fluoride only through a petition and special election.