Several Angola inmates are celebrating the holidays with new Seminary degrees through the Leavell College of the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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A person of interest is wanted in connection with the Christmas Eve Acadiana Mall shooting night that put one person in the hospital with a non-life-threatening injury. The shooting occurred around 430PM yesterday, striking one victim and shutting down the mall until tomorrow. A picture of that person of interest is now available online and police are asking anyone with information related to the incident to call the Lafayette Crime Stoppers.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has stocked over 8 million fish into 59 waterbodies around the state this year. LDWF inland fisheries operations manager Alex Perret says not all of the waterways prove to be a good fit for the Florida variety of bass, so the agency has become selective with distribution.
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over 7.3 million Florida largemouth bass were introduced.
Senator John Kennedy says he hasn’t picked horse in the 2019 governor’s race yet, but Congressman Ralph Abraham gave him a call the night before he announced he was joining the race. Analysts have noted that the state rarely elects governors from the northern parishes, but Kennedy isn’t buying that.
Baton Rouge businessman Eddie Rispone is the only other Republican in the race.