Police in Baton Rouge make an arrest in last Friday’s shooting incident at a frat party near the Southern University campus that left 11 people shot and injured. BRPD Sgt. L’Jean McKneely says 22-year-0old Jaicedric Williams was taken into custody Sunday. Two accessories to the crime were arrested late Friday. McKneely says gunfire erupted after some kind of argument…:
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East Baton Rouge D.A. Hillar Moore has asked Williams be held without bond, and a judge has agreed.
Football season has brought a nice spike in revenue from sports betting in Louisiana. State Gaming Control Board Chairman Ronnie Johns says September saw almost $4-million from sportsbook parlors and apps flow into state coffers…:
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The first national report card since the global pandemic shows declines nationally in reading and math scores, but Louisiana outperformed the rest of the country in reading growth among fourth graders…:
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Early voting for the November 8th election begins tomorrow and runs thru Tuesday, November 1st (Sunday excluded of course). In addition to congressional and local races, you’ll also have 8 constitutional amendments to decide. You can research them at “PARLouisiana.org”