5:30 LRN Newscast

Minden Police make two arrests from this past weekend’s mass shooting that was gang-related. Teiko Foxx has the latest.
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And in Caddo Parish today, a 19-year-old student at Southwood High School was arrested after a school resource officer found a fully loaded gun in his backpack. Sheriff Steve Prator says Officer Calvin Williams confronted Caleb Morris after he allegedly threatened to kill a coach at the school.

State Police has arrested the driver of a log truck that slammed into a state department of transportation vehicle in DeSoto Parish killing a DOTD worker. Trooper Jonathan Odom says 42-year-old Charles Barker of Florien was not attentive behind the wheel
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35-year-old Christopher Gray of Lake Charles died at the scene.

With the state legislature going to work in just over a week, a non-profit insurance watchdog group shares its hopes to see substantive help for consumers, rather than bills to make a more business-friendly environment for insurance companies. Ben Riggs is the new director of Real Reform Louisiana…
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Riggs says Real Reform Louisiana wants to see legislation that increases competition in the insurance market.