The mother of Ronald Greene, the Black motorist who was killed while in the custody of the Louisiana State Police, held a press conference today to address last week’s comments by the Governor and more. Here’s David Grubb…:

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A Shreveport lawyer is in jail; charged with over 200 counts of child pornography. State agents arrested 68-year-old Brian D. Smith Wednesday. Acting on a tip, officers found images allegedly downloaded by smith to a cloud server. Smith had been an attorney with the Casten & Pearce firm in Shreveport.

Cops in New Orleans say a murder suspect was killed early this morning in a shootout. NOPD spokesman Christopher Goodly says the deceased suspect was a 22-year-old male, who was wanted for the murder of a 35-year-old male and attempted murder of another person who was injured in a car. He says the action started as they were serving a warrant..:

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Goodly says the suspect had a rifle and fired on officers.

Alliance Compressors, in Natchitoches, will invest $45-million on a big expansion. Alliance Chairman Brent Schroder says this will allow them to add a third assembly line; creating nearly 80 direct new jobs with an average annual salary of $47-thousand…:

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Alliance Compressors has been a part of the Natchitoches business world since 1998.