The Jefferson Parish town of Harahan is shocked at the murder of a young girl; her body found stuffed in a bucket. Brooke Thorington reports…:

CUT 01(33)      “…Thorington.”

Entergy Louisiana agrees to refund some $36-million to customers they overcharged, to settle a lawsuit filed by the Public Service Commission. Here’s PSC member Mike Francis…:

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Legislation requiring air monitoring systems in certain permitted facilities advanced from the Senate Environmental Committee. Author of the bill – Baton Rouge Senator Cleo Fields says companies would have to maintain monitoring data records. Testifying for the bill, retired Army Lt. General Russell Honore says man chem plants have such or similar systems in place, but don’t necessarily alert communities nearby when they detect a leak…:

CUT 14(11)      “…community knows.”

Installing systems would costs plants less than $20k. The bill goes now to the Senate floor for debate.

Also at the Capitol, a Central Louisiana lawmaker’s bill to make the substance kratom a controlled substance advances out of committee, and is scheduled for House floor debate next week. Kratom is also known as mitragyna speciosa, and can have an intoxicating opioid-like effect.

A Wednesday fire at the West Carroll Parish Police Jury barn is expected to be declared a total loss. The early morning blaze caused extensive damage. No one was reported hurt.