The Louisiana Division of Administration had to spend 2.3 million dollars, mostly on personnel, responding to cyberattacks last year. Spokesperson Jacques Berry says last year’s series of attacks are evidence that the threat to public sector entities from cyberspace is growing.
He says the 2.3 million dollar figure does not include local government spending on the responses.
The Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested 21-year-old Ashlin Faith Lewis, who was found passed out inside a vehicle with a crying infant in a car seat. Chief Deputy Mike Haley says the engine was running when a deputy approached the vehicle in a field south of Bogalusa
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Haley says Lewis was also wanted out of a Bogalusa on a warrant for the alleged assault of a health care worker.
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The United Cajun Navy is helping in the aftermath of a deadly tornado outbreak that killed at least 24 people earlier this week in Tennessee. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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Freshman Gonzales Representative Kathy Edmonston releases a statement pertaining to her drunk driving crash in the state capital. She calls it a wakeup call, and says she is humbly apologizing for the incident. Police on scene reported she blew a .143, over the .08 legal limit.