More details have been provided from this week’s brutal double homicide in Covington where a retired priest and longtime church worker were killed and then burned. St. Tammany Parish Coroner Charles Preston on the manner of death for Father Otis Young and Ruth Prats…
cut 28 (14) “…death homicide”
Antonio Tyson has been charged in their killings and police believe it was a random act of violence.

Five soldiers stationed at Ft. Polk are in the Vernon Parish Jail, charged with raping two women in Rosepine. Sheriff Sam Craft says the women knew one of the soldiers, and that all five of them gave the two spiked alcohol. He says once the women were incapacitated the men raped them.
Cut 3 (11) “..type scenario.”
Craft described the women as very credible witnesses. He says they went to the hospital the next morning where forensic evidence confirmed the assaults.

The governor’s office says French President Emmanuel Macron is in New Orleans today to sign a memorandum of understanding to further expand and enhance the strong cultural connections between France and Louisiana in the areas of the economy, clean energy and the environment. Tulane French professor Faycal Falaky (Fie-sul fa-LAH-key)….
cut 12 (12) “….sign some treaties”

Tickets went on sale this morning for Shania Twain’s concert in New Orleans on July 24th. The Queen of Country Pop is the best-selling female artist in country music history and 100-point-seven Tiger DJ Abby Leigh in Baton Rouge calls Shania a trailblazer for country music female artists…
cut 14 (05) “…Taylor Swift”