A 5-year-old was killed and a ten-year-old injured in a crash in Claiborne Parish over the weekend. State Trooper Eddie Thomas says 31-year-old Jordan Burton of Homer crossed the centerline on Highway 146, hitting another vehicle.
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While toxicology test results are still pending, Thomas says it appears that Burton was impaired at the time of the crash.
Will there be a special session on insurance reform? That’s what nearly every Louisianian saddled with sky-high auto and property insurance rates wants to know. Pollack Representative Gabe Firment, the chairman of the House Insurance Committee ,cautions that there’s almost nothing that the legislature can do to lower your insurance rates.
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Here we go again – we’re keeping an eye on the tropics for another potential storm. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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The Louisiana Fire Service is mobilized to support rescue and recovery operations in South Carolina following Hurricane Helene. Baton Rouge Fire Chief Mike Kimble says teams with the Louisiana Office of the State Fire Marshal have built a robust unit capable of urban rescue and swift water rescue.
The teams arrived last week.