Several candidates have signed up to run in Louisiana’s U-S Senate race, including the incumbent, Republican John Kennedy. One of his Democratic challengers, Baton Rouge activist Gary Chambers, brought Kennedy a gift to the qualifying site at the Secretary of State’s Office in Baton Rouge…
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Political newcomer Luke Mixon also qualified and so did Syrita Stieb, who is the executive director of a nonprofit that helps women reenter society after serving in prison. Her mother Sylvia Taylor filed on her behalf…
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Stieb served over nine years in federal prison for her role in robbing and burning down a car dealership.

The state is updating its Strategic Highway Safety Plan after nearly one-thousand people were killed in crash crashes in 2021. Based on preliminary data, 971 motorists died, a 17-percent increase from 2020. Louisiana Highway Safety Commission Executive Director Lisa Freeman says that’s the highest percentage increase in one year since crash fatality records have been kept
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A 15-year-old girl died last night in a single vehicle crash in St. James Parish. State Police Trooper Ross Brennan says a 17-year-old was behind the wheel on LA Highway 18 when he failed to stay on the road…
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15-year-old Ramiya Sowell of St. James was pronounced dead at a Baton Rouge area hospital.