There was a fatal shooting at the courthouse in Franklin this morning. St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesperson David Spencer says it happened inside a courtroom just before 9:00 am and State Police is handling the investigation.
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Our affiliate KQKI reports there was a struggle in the courtroom between a deputy and a person in custody and the individual who struggled with the officer was fatally shot.

Republican Tom Arceneaux defeated Democrat Greg Tarver in Saturday’s Shreveport mayoral run-off election. LSU Shreveport political science professor Jeffrey Sadow says Arceneaux’s win over Tarver, a Black Democrat, is considered an upset since 57 percent of the city’s residents are Black. But Sadow says Tarver has a lot of detractors…
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Arceneaux received 56 percent of the vote.

It’s the busiest week of the year for the post office and the deadlines for mailing cards and packages are approaching. Brooke Thorington has more.
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The average price of a gallon of regular gas in the Bayou State today is $2.84. That’s quite a drop compared to this time six months ago when the state recorded its highest average at $4.56 a gallon. Triple A spokesperson Nick Chabbari….
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