State Police investigators say a Houma man who was fatally shot during an encounter with police officers on Monday afternoon had a screwdriver in his hands. Trooper Ross Brennan says 36-year-old Johnny Magee did not respond to commands to stop moving towards the officers…
cut 4 (07) “…service weapon”
Magee’s mother told New Orleans TV stations her son suffered from a mental illness and pleaded with the cops not to shoot him.

Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says insurer GeoVera is leaving the state’s property insurance market. Donelon says there are several insurers who are facing solvency concerns as a result of the destruction from Hurricane Ida…
cut 11 (11) “…into receivership”
GeoVera represented one percent of the state’s homeowners insurance market.

After a suicide attempt as a teen, an Ascension Parish woman is now trying to give others hope with her own documentary.
Cut 1 (35) “…I’m Brooke Thorington.”

More bad injury news for the Saints. All-pro wide receiver Michael Thomas says he will not play this season. Thomas has been working to return after undergoing offseason surgery on his ankle, but in a social media post Thomas says there’s been a setback and he will not be back this season.