Two people are dead following a high speed weekend crash in St. Tammany Parish on 190 in Covington at Highway 1077. State Trooper Dustin Dwight says officers pulled the vehicle over, and conducted an impairment test with the driver. That’s when a 21 year-old passenger jumped into the driver’s seat and took off with a teen passenger, then crashed…
CUT 14 (10) Q: ‘make it either’
That 14 year-old is Sloan McDow of Folsum; the dead driver is Brandon Bigner of Franklinton.

A new smart phone app developed by two LSU students will allow people to record and upload videos of police encounters and share it with media outlets…
CUT 11 (07) Q: “for that matter”
That’s one of the developers Elbis Bolton, who says the app is available for Android, and they are working on an iphone version.
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Lt. Clay Higgins of the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s office is receiving national attention for his intimidating Crimestopper videos…:
CUT 1 (32) “reporting”

The House Budget committee are working to keep colleges and universities from having to face budget cuts in the face of a huge state budget deficit. The dollars are expected to fill in the gaps based on House-backed tax changes, and help cash-flow shortfalls in health care.