A woman driving a van with Texas plates is in custody in northwest Louisiana after Shreveport police say Ureka Black threw two of her children off the Cross Lake bridge late Friday morning.  Rescue workers found one child dead in the water and the other was taken to the hospital and is said to have non-life-threatening injuries and will recover. Black’s charged with second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder.

There were several tense exchanges during a Joint Medicaid Oversight Committee meeting Friday where lawmakers questioned LDH’s attorney about plans for nursing home evacuations.

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State police have issued a Level II Endangered Missing Child Advisory after a 2-year-old girl, Nevaeh Allen, went missing from her residence in the Belaire neighborhood of Baton Rouge. The child was last seen by her stepfather yesterday afternoon when he took a nap at the residence around 1 p.m. When the siblings arrived home from school at approximately 4:15 p.m., the apartment door was open and the child was missing. She is believed to be in imminent danger. The black female with black hair and brown eyes was last seen wearing a yellow dress with pineapples and no shoes.

Organizations including Schoolplies are working to help kids get back in school after Hurricane Ida’s devastation in parishes that include Terrebonne and Lafourche.  CEO Allie Casey says hundreds of school supply kits will be given away this Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Fletcher Technical Community College along LA-311. After the giveaway, Casey says they will continue to work virtually to get more supplies into the hands of students.

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