State Police has provided a few more details on Friday night’s fatal shooting of an unarmed Black man by a Shreveport police officer during a foot pursuit. Brooke Thorington has more
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Monroe Police are searching for 18-year-old Isszvian Webb who police chief Vic Zordan says fired an AR-15 style rifle at multiple officers after he was pulled over during a taffic stop on Sunday afternoon South Eighth street. Zordan calls Webb a danger to society.
Louisiana’s speckled trout population is down to its lowest-ever recorded level, but recreational anglers and state lawmakers oppose efforts to limit catches. LDWF Assistant Secretary of Fisheries Patrick Banks says based on their assessments there are only two million pounds worth of female specks in the spawning stock, traditionally that number is six-million
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But the Senate and House Natural Resources Committee rejected a proposal to limit the daily catch limit from 25 to 15 and increase the size limit to 13.5 inches.
With the continued rise of overdose deaths linked to Fentanyl, one coroner is urging those with addiction issues to seek help and for more individuals to have Narcan readily available should it be needed to reverse an overdose. St. Tammany Parish Coroner Dr. Charles Preston says first we must recognize that substance abuse is a medical disease.
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Preston says Narcan is the antidote for most opiates and the main reason a person dies is that the opiate either puts them to sleep, suppresses their breathing, or stops their heart.