Progressive and Louisiana Farm Bureau are dropping their auto insurance rates on the heels of the state’s largest insurer, State Farm, also lowering their rates. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says part of the savings come from a peaking number of distracted driving incidents, and the rest of the decreases can be chalked up to insurers undercutting the competition.
Three people are dead after an alleged drunk driver slammed into a vehicle that broke down in the middle of the Westbank Expressway in Harvey last night. State Police trooper Monroe Dillon says the three victims were on the upper level of the overpass and standing near the broken-down car when the collision occurred.
One of the three victims, 49-year-old Claude Williams, was a pastor at Celebration Church.
A Houma woman will spend 23 years in prison for stabbing another woman to death in a dispute over a man. The homicide took place in July 2017 at Miranda Gilley’s apartment. Terrebonne Parish Assistant DA Chris Erny says he was not surprised by the lack of the maximum sentencing, as they were aiming for 30 years. The judge’s decision not to give Gilley the maximum sentence came as the result of the defendant’s youth and not having a criminal history.
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A 15-year-old is dead and two other minors are in critical condition after they were ejected from an SUV in a rollover crash south of Ponchatoula on I-55 last night. State Trooper Dustin Dwight says it’s a tragedy that could potentially have been avoided by strapping the kids in with a child safety seat. He adds state police will install them in your vehicle free of charge…