An Addis police officer faces two counts of negligent homicide after his vehicle struck a car and killed two Brusly teenage girls during a high-speed chase Saturday…:

CUT 01(37)      “…Thorington.”

A former Livingston Parish Sheriff’s deputy pleads guilty to numerous sex crimes, including some against juveniles. Dennis Perkins took a plea deal; the details of which are mostly unknown. He faces dozens of years behind bars at sentencing.

Because of security concerns linked to the popular app TikTok, State Superintendent of Education Dr. Cade Brumley is recommending school systems remove access to it on campus. Brumley sent a letter today to school systems advising them to remove access to TikTok or any other application developed by their parent company, China-based ByteDance Limited. He says there’s just not enough known about the personal data the application is collecting and it’s best to safeguard students…:

CUT 04(07)      “…communication tool.”

He’s also asking all school groups to stop using TikTok.

This is Governor John Bel Edwards’ final year in office; a lame-duck year for Edwards and the Louisiana Legislature. But political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says he expects the governor to concentrate on existing problems and issues…:

CUT 12(10)      “…to see that.”