Eight children, ranging from three to 11 years old, are dead in what Shreveport police are calling a domestic disturbance. Authorities say the horrific violence started before sunrise on Sunday when the suspect, identified as 31-year-old Shamar Elkins, shot and wounded a woman identified as his wife inside one home
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Shreveport Police Corporal Chris Bordelon says Elkins then went to another home in Shreveport, where he fatally shot eight children execution style and also another woman.
Bordelon says Elkins was the father of the seven children killed, the eighth victim was a cousin to the other deceased children. State Police say Elkins was fatally shot during a police pursuit that ended in Bossier Parish.
The tragedy has shaken Shreveport to its core. Councilwoman Tabatha Taylor…
The Louisiana Senate approves legislation that would allow for clinical trials to be conducted in Louisiana on psychedelic-assisted therapy. Mandeville Senator Patrick McMath says these psychedelics are used in other countries and the success rate is over 90-percent when it comes to treating PTSD, chronic depression, heroin and alcohol dependency…
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The bill is awaiting discussion in the House.
The proposed budget for the next fiscal year is now in the Senate after the House approved the 47-billion-dollar budget. The House went along with Governor Landry’s proposal to double the funding of the LA Gator Program, and Landry explained why that is important in an interview on WRKF’s Talk Louisiana…
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But Senate President Cameron Henry says before they increase funding, they should give it another year to make sure it is producing better academic outcomes.