Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, so if you’re in stores tonight you will likely see a good many last-minute shoppers. The National Retail Federation says we’ll spend more this year than last year for our loved ones. NRF’s Kathy Cullen says online purchases will make a up the lion’s share, but big dollars will also be spent in retail stores and, oh yes, florists…:

CUT 05  (11)        “…for a loved one.”

National Valentine’s spending is expected to be at around $26-Billion.

Running for State Treasurer this fall, Baton Rouge state Rep. Scott McKnight. He says he’s a fan of outgoing Treasurer John Schroder, and says he’d run the Treasury, and represent Bond Commission, much as Schroder did…:

CUT 11  (11)        “…with there.”

State Wildlife & Fisheries agents arrest a Patterson man for illegally taking nutria, to collect bounties for the invasive species. LDWF spokesman Adam Einck says their investigation began with them being alerted to videos posted on social media that showed the cruel acts…:

CUT 06(11)      “…was doing it.”

45-year-old Harris DeHart is charged with a long list of offenses, including animal cruelty and violating state law for legally taking non-game animals. Einck says DeHart was harvesting nutria tails to game the nutria bounty program, which has strict rules as to how the animals may be dispatched.

Sheriff’s deputies in West Baton Rouge Parish found a person dead in a car Sunday, and say the car belongs to 55-year-old Sheila Baker, who’s been missing from Lafayette since Christmas. The remains inside the car haven’t been positively ID’ed yet, but officers suspect it is Baker. An autopsy will determine how she died.