A State Trooper is in critical condition after being shot by a suspected drunk driver in Calcasieu Parish. State Police Superintendent Colonel Mike Edmonson says 54-year-old Kevin Daigle of Lake Charles shot Trooper Steven J. Vincent in the head with a sawed off shotgun. Edmonson says video showed Daigle shooting Vincent…

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Daigle faces an attempted first degree murder of a police officer charge.

The latest employment numbers show the state’s unemployment rate at 6.2 percent, so we asked the four gubernatorial candidates how they would put people to work. Republican David Vitter suggests accelerating the Jump Start program so high school students can begin job training to get valuable work force experience…

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The Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested two women accused of stealing a total of $400,000 from the bank account of a 96-year-old woman. They say the victim’s granddaughter, 39-year-old Jennifer Smith of Shreveport, and a personal sitter for the woman, 39-year-old Alice Haralson of Stonewall, each had power of attorney for the woman’s estate at separate times. Each allegedly took $200,000 from the victim. Smith and Haralson are each charged with exploitation of the infirmed.

Louisiana’s gubernatorial primary is two months from today and there hasn’t been much action on the campaign trail. Jeff Palermo has more…

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