12:30 LRN Newscast February 22

Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joe Lopinto has called a 2 PM press conference to discuss Saturday’s shooting at a gun range that resulted in three deaths and two others injured. Investigators say the shooting started when 27-year-old Joshua Williams of New Orleans started an argument with store staff. Williams was killed, so was a store clerk and a customer.

A Bienville Parish man was fatally shot Sunday morning by a truck driver after allegedly attempting to break into his 18-wheeler. Bienville Sheriff John Ballance says 35-year-old Jonathan Raney of Ringgold kicked in the front door of a liquor store, then targeted a nearby semi…
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Ballance the driver fired four shots and Raney was taken to Ochsner LSU Health where he died. No charges have been filed against the driver.

Louisiana officials are asking residents who suffered damage during last week’s winter weather to report it, as the state plans to submit that information to the federal government. Taylor Sharp has more
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A strawberry farmer in Livingston Parish says the winter weather cost him between 30 to 35-percent of his crop. Trey Harris says consumers could see higher prices for strawberries, but he says Louisiana is not the only one having issues…
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