An Avoyelles Parish Correctional Center officer has been arrested in connection with the escape of a female inmate last week in Assumption parish. Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesman Robert Martin says 47-year-old Michelle George allowed Felicia Daigle to exit the vehicle so she could go and buy drugs. When Daigle didn’t return, he says George then met a third party at a gas station and came up with the story that Daigle escaped…

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George is charged with assisting escape, obstruction of justice, and malfeasance in office.

A constitutional amendment filed by Opelousas Senator Elbert Guillory would let voters decide if life begins at conception. Guillory says this constitutional amendment would not make abortions illegal in Louisiana, but it lets the world know that Louisiana is a pro life state

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Guillory says the constitutional amendment will also make abortions automatically illegal, if Roe versus Wade is overturned.

The Rapides Parish Sheriff’s office says a man is behind bars on felony stalking charges after allegedly continuously harassing a female victim. Lt. Tommy Carnline says the woman told cops that 47-year-old Christopher Charles Lammons of Alexandria would not leave her alone…

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Carnline says because Lammons’ charges are domestic in nature, a new law that went into affect last year mandates that he stay in jail without bond under “Gwen’s Law”.

The Louisiana SPCA is asking people to be responsible this Easter and think before you buy live bunnies and chicks as pets. Spokeswoman Destinie Hammond says while rabbits can make great companion animals, they encourage people to thoroughly research the care of these creatures before making a casual decision to bring one home…

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She says hundreds of rabbits are turned in to local shelters or released into the wild shortly after the Easter holiday.