State Police are investigating two separate car crashes that killed five people Sunday on the Northshore. A head-on crash killed two people in Lacombe yesterday morning and three people died in a single-vehicle crash in Franklinton. LSP Sergeant Dustin Dwight says speed and impairment were factors in both wrecks. In the latter, Dwight says three people ranging from ages 22 to 35 were killed, when the vehicle came up on a three way intersection on LA 16 and failed to stop…

CUT 10(09)      “…all those occupants.”

In the Lacombe crash, two vehicles collided head-on in a failed attempt to pass traffic on US 190.

To help reduce travel costs for women seeking abortion services in the southeast a California OB/GYN is proposing a floating clinic in the Gulf of Mexico. Dr. Meg Autry, who’s also a professor at University of California San Francisco, says there’s been an assault in the US on bodily autonomy and access to care…:

CUT 03(06)      “…communities.”

We are starting to see gas prices below four-dollars a gallon again. Gas-buddy-com’s Patrick DeHaan says the statewide average has fallen 33-cents in the last month to $4.19 a gallon that is the fourth lowest statewide average in the country…:

CUT 12(11)      “…$3.92.”

DeHaan says a drop in oil prices in response to a potential recession has resulted in lower prices at the pump.

The man convicted of killing LSU basketball star Wayde Sims back in 2018 was found dead in his East Baton Rouge Parish jail cell Sunday. 21-year-old Dyteon Simpson apparently took an overdose of fentanyl. He was just sentenced to life in prison last week.

Construction begins on a $110-million sawmill in Plain Dealing, in Bossier Parish. It’s expected to mean around 500 new jobs with salaries starting in the high 40’s.