Louisiana State Treasurer John Kennedy has announced that he will run for the US Senate this year. Eric Gill reports…
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A north Louisiana 1970s children’s TV personality has been arrested of allegedly having sexual conduct with children. Emelie Gunn has more on “Mr. Wonder.”
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Louisiana State Treasurer John Kennedy has announced that he will run for the US Senate this year. Kennedy says the reason he’s throwing his hat in the ring is because he wants his country back. Kennedy feels the country is straying from the conservative values that were taught to him by his parents…
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The seat is being vacated by Senator David Vitter at the end of his current term. Kennedy plans to emphasize business and education if elected to the Senate. He feels that today’s children could be the first generation of Americans to be worse off than their parents…
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Fellow Republicans, Congressmen Charles Boustany and John Fleming, and former Congressman Joseph Cao (gow) have also declared their intent to run. Kennedy feels we’re at risk of losing the American dream and neither Congress nor President Obama have done anything about it…
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A Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s deputy was shot several times early Tuesday while executing a search warrant and remains in critical, but stable condition. Sheriff Newell Normand identified the deputy as 35-year-old Stephen Arnold, a 12 year JPSO veteran. Normand says Arnold was a task force narcotics agent and encountered the suspect inside the home around 6am.:
Police initially raced Arnold to the closest medical facility in Chalmette, but he was later escorted to University Medical Center in New Orleans. Normand says being a task force agent is extremely dangerous work…:
Normand says Arnold is a great cop and the type of employee you wish you had more of them. He says when one of their own is shot, it’s extremely difficult on everyone…:
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Authorities in Avoyelles Parish are investigating a human female fetus found at a sewage piping station. Sheriff Doug Anderson says city workers notified the Moreauville Police after discovering the fetus while working in a sewage pond.
Anderson says they’re working to determine who the fetus belonged to. He says the fetus was no older than 20 to 30 weeks into development.
Anderson says sewage from part of the city goes into this piping station. He says city workers made the grim discovery on Monday afternoon.
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A children’s TV personality in north Louisiana known as, “Mr. Wonder” is in custody on allegations of criminal sexual conduct with juveniles. 76-year-old Frank Selas was arrested in San Diego, California and his alleged crimes date back to the 1970s. Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Spokesperson Lt. Tommy Carnline says Selas would invite children ages 5 to 11 on weekend camping trips…
Carnline says Selas traveled to Japan, South and Central America throughout his lifetime and more victims could be out there. He says “Mr. Wonder” could be facing a variety of charges.
Carnline says some of these victims are now in their late 40s or 50s and some might not want to come forward. But he says they wants to give those who came forward to report the rapes in the 70s the closure they deserve.
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