At least one person is dead after a tornado ripped through the St. Bernard Parish town of Arabi. There is extensive damage throughout St. Bernard Parish as several homes were destroyed and cars flipped over. Tornado damage was also reported in Gretna, the Lower Ninth Ward, and New Orleans East.

President William Tate has big plans for LSU, but one lawmaker wants to ensure a major project isn’t left out. David Grubb has more…
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Former State Police Sergeant Albert Paxton told a House Committee investigating the 2019 fatal arrest of Ronald Greene that an official from a local district attorney’s office told him that State Police Lt. Colonel Doug Cain got mad when he heard about possible charges against one of the six state troopers that were at the scene….
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District attorney John Belton has said he absolutely believes troopers committed a crime in Greene’s arrest, but he’s letting the U-S Justice Department determine if charges should be filed.

A bill that would result in jail time for those convicted of stealing catalytic converters heads to the Senate floor. River Ridge Senator Kirk Talbot told a Senate committee about a case where catalytic converters were stolen from 15 buses in East Baton Rouge Parish…
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Under Talbot’s bill, if the theft results in a value over 25-thousand dollars, a prison sentence of at least 10 years should be issued.