47-year-old Brian Horn has been convicted by a Desoto Parish jury a second time for the 2010 brutal killing of 12-year-old Justin Bloxom of Stonewall. The verdict was returned in DeSoto District Court after less than 15 minutes of deliberations. Desoto District Attorney Charlie Adams says Horn’s case is why Louisiana has the death penalty….
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It remains to be seen if the sentence will be carried as it has been since 2010 since an execution has taken place in Louisiana.
The FDA approved the new groundbreaking medication, Leqembi, that appears to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s Disease. LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center Professor Dr. Owen Carmichael says it’s a completely new era for Alzheimer’s disease.
Carmichael warns the medication is not effective for all Alzheimer’s patients, it’s only effective against those with a specific protein in the brain.
The state’s Wildlife and Fisheries Commission approves a plan to conserve the popular redfish. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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The Major League Baseball Draft begins Sunday night and two LSU Tigers could be the first two picks; Dylan Crews and Paul Skenes. Pittsburgh has the first pick and many think they’ll take the SEC’s Male Athlete of the Year, Dylan Crews. Others expect Skenes to be taken by Washington.