Opelousas Senator Elbert Guillory files a constitutional amendment that would let voters decide if life begins at conception. Guillory’s proposed change to the constitution would give unborn children the same legal rights that all other people enjoy…

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He says this constitutional amendment would not make aboritions illegal in Louisiana.

The Louisiana SPCA is encouraging folks to celebrate Easter responsibly and think before you buy live bunnies and chicks as pets. Spokeswoman Destinie Hammond says hundreds of rabbits are turned in to local shelters or released into the wild shortly after Easter…

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Hammond says when it comes to Easter bunnies, they encourage you to go chocolate.

The Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested an Avoyelles Parish Correctional Center officer in connection with the escape of a female inmate last week. Sheriff’s office spokesman Robert Martin says 47-year-old Michelle George reported that Felicia Daigle escaped while being transported from Assumption to Avoyelles parish. He says their investigation found that George actually stopped the vehicle in Paintcourville…

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Martin says George then met a third party at a gas station and came up with the story that Daigle escaped. George is charged with assisting escape, obstruction of justice, and malfeasance in office.