The “Streets to Success Act” would make camping on public property a crime punishable by six months of jail time and a 500-dollar fine. Kace Kieschnick reports.
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For the first time in nearly 60 years, a flesh-eating parasite known as the New World screwworm has been found in the U-s, just 30 miles north of Mexico. But Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says they can be eradicated using male sterile flies mate with female screwworms and no offspring is produced.
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Strain says the New World screwworm is a low risk to humans.
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The sheriff of St. Tammany Parish is facing charges this morning in connection with an attack on one of his vocal critics at a Madisonville restaurant late last month. Smith was arrested, his bond set at ten-thousand dollars. Metropolitin Crime Commission President Rafale Goyeneche says Smith will remain on the job until either his term expires or he’s proven guilty in a court of law, whichever comes first.
Meanwhile in Hammond the search for two masked gunman who fired 70-80 shots into a vehicle at a gas station, killing an innocent woman, continues this morning. Police Chief Edwin Bergeron Jr. says 50-year-old Patricia Sheppart was killed by mistake in what was a targeted attack.
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Bergeron says the vehicle the shooters were in was carjacked in Macomb, Mississippi, Tuesday night.