The first of six public meetings get underway Monday evening on potential sites for a new I-10 Mississippi River Bridge connecting LA 1 to LA 30. Brooke Thorington has more.

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Civil Rights attorney and World War II veteran Dr. Johnnie Jones Sr. passed away early Saturday morning. He was 102-years-old. Jones earned a Purple Heart for fighting while injured on the beaches of Normandy. Back in Louisiana he was a member of the NAACP and played a major role in the 1953 Baton Rouge Bus Boycott, earning numerous community service awards throughout his career.

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Alexandria Police are investigating the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Kaliyah Turner who died when a bullet entered her home last night. Lt. Lane Windham says there are no suspects at this time.

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If you have information, please contact the Alexandria Police Department.

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State police are investigating a deputy-involved shooting in Assumption Parish after sheriff’s deputies tried to make a traffic stop Sunday morning of a stolen Ford pickup. Trooper Ross Brennan says after a short pursuit the driver 26-year-old Rhett Thibodeaux of Larose, stopped the vehicle.

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The pickup was reported stolen out of Lafourche Parish and Brennan says evidence gathered at the scene is being processed at the state police crime lab and the investigation is ongoing.