Mandina’s Restaurant in New Orleans re-opened today as homicide detectives continue to search for the gunmen involved in the murder of one of their employees Friday night. Twenty-three-year-old Hilbert Walker III was killed as he was serving customers outside the popular eatery located on Canal Street. NOPD Superintendent Michelle Woodfork says officers were dispatched to Mandina’s after gunfire erupted.
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Woodfork says the gunmen targeted Walker and a woman eating at the restaurant from Chicago was also wounded

There’s a concern the state’s film tax credit program is too costly for the state. A bill to extend the program from 2025 to 2035 is up for debate on the House floor today. Jason Waggenspack with the Louisiana Film and Entertainment Association says passage is vital to stabilizing the industry long-term…
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Once again this year, a bill to ban using a hand-held cell phone while driving goes before state lawmakers today. Kevin Gallagher reports…:
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A 59-year-old man riding his bicylce in the 26-hundred block of Louisiana Highway 93 in St. Landry Parish was struck and killed by a vehicle and the search is on for the car that hit Randy Thibodaux of Sunset. State Police say based on the evidence at the scene it was a Metallic-Gray colored 2013to 15 Honda Accord two door. The right side of the vehicle should have damage.