Four children and two adults are dead following a murder-suicide at the Parkview Apartments in Monroe. Interim Police Chief Reggie Brown identified the shooter as 30-year old Brittany Tucker. Tucker’s four children were killed, ages ranging from 6 months to 12 years. Brown says it appears Tucker has struggled with mental illness for several years.

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Brown says the second adult victim, 20-year Antiesha Logwood, was shot in the parking lot outside of Tucker’s apartment before Tucker took the lives of her four children and then her own.

Iconic French Quarter bars are set to reopen at 25 percent capacity Saturday as New Orleans enters Phase Two. This veteran French Quarter bartender says while some bars will open for the first time, many have been slinging drinks since Phase One…
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Bars with Department of Health food service certifications have been allowed to operate as restaurants, which have a 50 percent capacity limit at the moment.

Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy says the death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis Police Officers should not have occurred, but calls defunding police a stupid idea. Cassidy says cutting law enforcement budgets will only help criminals.
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Cassidy says the focus should be on police reform and the G-O-P plans could be unveiled next week.
A long-standing Mardi Gras tradition is being canceled in 2021 due to COVID-19.  Senior Lieutenant with Mystick Krewe of Louisianians Tyron Picard says the Washington DC Mardi Gras will not be taking place next January.
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The event has only been canceled three other times in its 76 year history.