Governor-elect Jeff Landry announces the next leader of State Police when he takes office in January. Major Robert Hodges, a 28-year veteran of LSP and a New Orleans native will be the next superintendent of the state’s leading law enforcement agency.
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Landry says the L-S-P will partner with Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams in an effort to reduce crime in the state’s largest city.

DeSoto Parish is home to the world’s largest Christmas Tree Structure, it stands at 300-feet tall, and it’s a tower in Stonewall that now looks like a Christmas tree with more than 10-thousand LED lights…
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DeSoto Sheriff Jayson Richarson says private dollars were used to the build the very tall, but festive Chrstimas tree structure. They plan to light the structure every night through the first week of January.

A disturbing story in south Louisiana today as an 11-year-old girl has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 36-year-old Kameran Bedsole. Bedsole’s body was found in the 47-hundred block of Jasper Road in New Iberia on November 14th. Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office Spokesperson Katherine Breaux says they are not releasing any other details at this time…
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The Department of Children and Family Services is urging EBT cardholders to immediately change their PIN. DCFS fraud director Rhonda Brown says EBT cardholders should take this action, becuase multiple skimming devices at various retailers have been discovered around the state …
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A skimmer is a device installed on card readers that allows a thief to steal a customer’s personal information, including their PIN number.