Governor Landry has signed into law a new map that makes Louisiana’s sixth Congressional District the state’s Second majority Black District. Collen Crain reports a former Congressman might run against Republican incumbent Garret Graves…
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An Ascension Parish man has been charged for allegedly beating police officers with a baton during the riot on the U-S Capitol on January 6, 2021. Federal prosecutors say 40-year-old Edward Richmond of Geismar was wearing body armor and a helmet in the Capitol attack.

Louisiana’s new Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Madison Sheahan is 26-years-old, but she says age is not a factor as she tries to modernize the department and take steps to improve the state agency’s customer service…
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Sheahan is a Ohio native and was working in South Dakota for the Republican Party and Governor Kristi Noem before getting appointed as the new L-D-W-F Secretary.

Last week we were dealing with a winter storm, this week it’s rain and LSU Climatologist Barry Keim says rainfall amounts will be significant this week…
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Keim says over a half foot of rain could fall across central Louisiana. Four to six inches for southwest Louisiana, three to five inches of rain in north Louisiana and 3 to inches for southeast Louisiana.