Three Southern University band members were killed in a crash involving an 18-wheeler last night. The students were reportedly on their way home to Texas for Christmas break. Captain Tony Moran with the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office says it happened on I-49 around 7 pm and multiple first responders worked the accident.
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State Police are investigating and say Tyran Williams, Dylan Young, and Broderick Moore were killed while trying to change a flat tire.
Authorities are investigating a double traffic fatality that happened around 4 pm Tuesday in Tangipahoa Parish. Trooper William Huggins says 67-year-old John Bitter was driving a Nissan and traveling eastbound on LA Highway 40 near Highway 445 when the single-vehicle crash occurred.
The passenger, 64-year-old Janice Pellegrin was also killed.
Two 15-year-old boys are charged with making a bomb threat at Port Barre High school Monday. Marsanne Golsby has more.
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First responders in Baton Rouge are searching an area of the Mississippi River after a person was reportedly spotted in the water. Baton Rouge Police says crews are located near the Planetarium in the downtown area of the capital city. No other details were provided.