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A double homicide in Monroe on Halloween afternoon leads to the arrest of an Ouachita Parish Correctional officer. Brooke Thorington has more.
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The season is over for Saints Quarterback Jameis Winston, so who will lead the Black and Gold the rest of the way. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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A correctional officer (Blake Bardwell) is now behind bars facing murder charges in the death of his wife and child. Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Glen Springfield says they were called to a Monroe residence just after 1:30 Sunday afternoon.
Upon arrival, Springfield says officers were told the residence in the 3900 block of Old Sterlington Road belonged to Bardwell.
Springfield says 26-year-old Bardwell was immediately fired from his job upon his arrest.
Due to his association with OCC Bardwell was taken to another facility.
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Governor John Bel Edwards is in Scotland for the COP26 Climate Conference. He told those gathered today that Louisiana did not shift direction on addressing climate change when President Trump pulled out of the Parish Climate Accord.
Edwards says the state may for now remain a leading state for oil and natural gas production but that it is also ripe for investment in low or no carbon projects.
Edwards noted that the state, through its coastal restoration projects, is working to minimize the loss of coastal lands as the result of hurricanes and storms that decrease Louisiana’s coastline far too often.
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Edwards outlined to those at the climate conference what his state is doing toward addressing the challenges of climate change.
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The Saints beat the Super Bowl champion Buccaneers 36-27 yesterday but starting quarterback Jameis Winston suffered a season-ending knee injury. Trevor Siemian (SIM-ee-en) filled in for Winston, but NFL analyst Mike Detillier expects Taysom Hill will be the starting Q-B once he’s cleared to play after suffering a concussion on October 10th…
The Saints also have rookie Ian Book on the roster and could bring in another Q-B. Tomorrow is the NFL trade deadline, but Saints radio color analyst Deuce McAllister doesn’t expect New Orleans to make a big move…
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Simiem made his first appearance in an NFL game yesterday since 2019. He started several games for the Broncos in 2016 and 2017. Saints offensive tackle Ryan Ramcyzk (Ram-check) says Simiem played well under tough circumstances…
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State troopers are continuing to investigate ten fatal crashes that turned the roads scary across Louisiana over the Halloween weekend. Sergeant James Anderson.
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The unusually high number of violent crashes left 12 people dead, including two children. A Grant Parish woman, 38-year-old Miranda Sue Derrick was charged with vehicular homicide in a two-vehicle accident Halloween evening on U.S. 165.
Sergeant Anderson says the 10 fatal crashes and 12 deaths were particularly tragic in a couple of instances where children lost their lives in separate accidents.
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Sergeant Anderson says there were a number of reasons for the high number of deadly accidents over the weekend.