Former St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain has been booked on charges of rape, incest, indecent behavior with a juvenile, and sexual battery. District Attorney Warren Montgomery says in the fall of 2017 he was presented with evidence that Strain had engaged in sex crimes.
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The evidence arose out of a separate investigation into a work release kickback program that is still underway. Strain’s attorney, Billy Gibbens has not commented.

Louisiana is hosting a summit on watershed management today in Bossier City, with officials from Texas, Mississippi and Arkansas. Governor Edwards created a watershed initiative after the state’s historic 2016 floods and state office of community executive director Pat Forbes says today’s summit is part of that effort…
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Starting August 1st, PTSD will be added to the list of covered injuries under public employee benefits, which will allow policemen, firefighters and first responders to seek coverage for that illness under Louisiana workers’ compensation. Bossier City Senator Ryan Gatti wrote the law and says many first responders suffer from this illness and do not get the treatment they need…
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The National Alliance on Mental Illness says PTSD affects about 3.5 percent of adult Americans and that percentage is higher for first responders.

The bill that expands Uber and Lyft statewide has been signed by Governor Edwards. The state department of transportation will handle regulation and DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson says…
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