New Orleans Police issue arrest warrants for four people wanted fort the May 31st shooting death of an 80-year-old grandmother at a high school graduation held on the Xavier University campus. Police Chief Shaun Ferguson says two young women got into a spat after the ceremony, other family members entered the fray and someone began shooting…:
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Among those wanted for manslaughter are a 40-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man.
GOP lawmakers urge Governor Edwards to hold off on a special session to redraw a congressional district map, after a federal appeals court blocks a lower federal courts order tossing the map passed by lawmakers last February. At issue: the existing map has only one Black majority voting district, while the state has a one-third Black population. The governor wants House & Senate members to return June 15th to submit a new map.
Looking for something to do this weekend? State Wildlife & Fisheries say “go fish”….free! Brooke Thorington explains…:
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Kenner residents say a tornado hit last night; doing structural damage to property and killing power for thousands. Weather authorities cannot yet confirm it was a twister, because Jefferson Parish has had more heavy storms today. Witnesses say they did see a funnel cloud, though.