A House committee advances legislation prohibiting corporal punishment from being administered in Louisiana public schools. Matt Doyle has the story…
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State Police’s investigation into last August’s fatal police shooting of Trayford Pellerin has determined the shooting was justified. That’s according to an attorney representing Pellerin’s family. The case will still go before a grand jury. Investigators say Lafayette Police officers shot Pellerin as he attempted to enter a convenience store armed with a knife, but the family says Pellerin was not armed.

An invasive species is wreaking havoc for some Louisiana crawfish farmers. LSU Ag Center Entomologist Blake Wilson says apple snail egg masses are being reported in as many as six parishes.
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Wilson says in some fields there has been more than a 50-percent reduction in the overall crawfish catch.

LSU announces they will be full capacity for outdoor sporting events and that starts this weekend with the Fighting Tigers baseball team hosting top-ranked Arkansas. No capacity restrictions as well for the LHSAA state softball championships that begin today in Sulphur. Visit Lake Charles sales director Eric Zartler…
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Championship games are set for Saturday.