The man who allegedly killed two people and injured two others, in a shootout in Bossier City Tuesday at Valero gas station is in custody. Media reports indicate the suspect is 50-year-old Cortell Burks, who’s also suspected of shooting a woman and injuring four others in Alabama on Sunday.
Bossier City Spokesperson Louis Johnson…
Among the injured in Bossier City is a police officer.
Demaris Quentall Jenks of Baton Rouge pled guilty to manslaughter today in the 2021 shooting death of his girlfriend in front of their child. Jenks accepted a plea deal from prosecutors who offered him 30 years instead of a life sentence for second-degree murder. Initially, Jenks told police he thought she was an intruder.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and the Louisiana Department of Health is promoting the use of 988, a 24/7 suicide and crisis call line. Karen Stubbs, Assistant Secretary in the Office of Behavioral Health, says 988 launched in July and they want more people to know help is available and it’s only three digits away.
Visit ldh.la.gov/crisis for more info.
House Education approves legislation requiring high school students to take a financial literacy class to graduate. Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley says the course will provide students with life skills to understand economics…
Cut 14 (09) “…day-to-day basis”
The course would be given in 11th and 12th grade and the bill heads to the House floor for debate.