Ex-state trooper Jacob Brown remains free on bond after pleading not guilty to a federal charge that he beat a 46-year-old black man following a 2019 traffic stop in north Louisiana. More from Dave Brannen.
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State Police say a Trooper has been arrested for striking and killing a pedestrian when he was allegedly driving drunk in Jasper County, Texas. 45-year-old Patrick Bell of Merryville was off-duty at the time of the crash and he’s been on workers’ compensation leave since 2017.

Two years from today, Louisiana voters will head to the polls to elect a new governor as John Bel Edwards is term-limited and can not run again. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says there’s a lot of speculation current statewide elected officials Jeff Landry and Billy Nungesser will run…
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Pinsonat says Baton Rouge Representative Ted James is another Democrat who may run.

A new video game developer, called Possibility Space, announces plans it will build a development studio in the New Orleans area that will build large-scale video games for a global audience. Chris Stelly with the Louisiana Department of Economic Development says Possibility Space is the latest addition to Louisiana’s growing interactive entertainment cluster. Stelly credits a well-educated workforce in this field…
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Possibility Space will create 75 new permanent jobs with an average salary of 100-thousand dollars.