Talk of a special session next month so that lawmakers can then vote to hold a constitutional convention…is dead. Lapolitics.com publisher Jeremy Alford says the House Speaker has told Representatives there are no plans to reconvene in Baton Rouge anytime soon…
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Alford says Senate leaders have shown no interest in holding a constitutional convention this year.

Louisiana will have 81 international teachers scattered across the state this upcoming school year to teach French and Spanish immersion programs. CODOFIL spokesperson Matt Mick says this will help continue to promote the French language in Louisiana…
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A Northshore physician has been found guilty of conspiring to illegally distribute 1.8 million doses of controlled substances, including oxycodone and morphine.
Cut 3 (31) “…I’m Brooke Thorington.”

Bastrop police is seeking the public’s help in locating two teenage sisters reported missing yesterday afternoon. Keyshia and Ceddrell Jackson were last seen at Southpoint Loop apartments.

The Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s office is asking for clues as deputies investigate the death of Gary Normand, found dead at a home on LA Highway 11-92 in Marksville. Investigators call the death suspicious.