Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s project E Pluribus Unum surveyed 800 people across the South for their views on race, with the report finding substantial disparities in how different groups view key issues.

Respondents were also asked if questions about race relations were getting too much, or too little attention. 50 percent of whites said it’s receiving too much, while 66 percent of blacks say too little.

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69 percent of black respondents also reported they are sometimes, or often discriminated against based on their race.

The man behind the wheel of a Dodge pickup truck that caused an August crash killing two people in a St. Landry Parish is now charged with two counts of negligent homicide.  Trooper Thomas Gossen says 48-year-old Michael Guidry crossed the centerline, striking the victims’ vehicle during early morning hours.

Cut 9 (12) “…for his arrest.”

A Pineville man has been arrested and charged with 250 counts of online impersonation after allegedly posing as a woman on social media sites to solicit sexually explicit photos from women.

46-year-old Kevin P. Miles was booked into the Rapides Parish Detention Center. State Police Master Trooper Scott Moreau…

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South Louisiana and the Mississippi River Delta parishes are under a flash flood watch through Saturday afternoon as a Tropical Depression in the Gulf moves towards the Louisiana coast and collides with a cold front.

The entire state will be impacted by rain today and National Weather Service Forecaster Phil Grigsby says some areas could see heavy downpours…

Cut 5 (10) “…overnight hours”