An equal pay for women bill is being proposed as a new report ranks Louisiana 48th in pay disparity. Matt Doyle has the story.
State Fire Marshal deputies, with the help of ATF agents, are investigating the circumstances surrounding fires that have destroyed three churches in St. Landry Parish that have occurred since March 26th. Investigators have identified suspicious elements in each case. Fire Marshal Butch Browning says there is clearly something happening in the community and is calling for the help of citizens to get to the bottom of these fires.
Most of southeast Louisiana is under a flash flood watch through midnight. Phil Grigsby with the National Weather Service in Slidell says a warm front has stalled along the coast and its producing significant downpours.Grigsby says the torrential rainfall started this morning and it will continue into the night
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Two to four inches of rain is possible throughout the day in Baton Rouge, Houma, the Northshore and the New Orleans metro area.
A father has been arrested on numerous charges after his seven-year daugther was killed in a single vehicle wreck in the Donaldsonville area last night. State Police Trooper Taylor Scrantz says troopers suspected 25-year-old DeVontae Sanders of Donaldsonville was impaired at the time of the crash and L-S-P booked him into the Ascension Parish jail on numerous charges, including vehicular homicide…