Jury selection is underway in the re-trial of Cardell Hayes. He fatally shot former Saints star Will Smith in 2016. Hayes says the shooting was in self-defense after an argument erupted following a car crash in the Garden District. Hayes was convicted of manslaughter, but it was tossed out due to a non-unanimous jury verdict. Loyola University Law Professor Dane Ciolino says typically the defense has an advantage in re-trials.
10 of the 12 jury members who sat through Hayes’ first trial determined he was guilty of manslaughter.
Get ready for a warm and wet week. LRN meteorologist Bill Jacquemin says the first round of heavy rainfall will arrive later tonight and into Tuesday and flood watches and warnings are possible…
Governor Jeff Landry is expected to sign the new Congressional district map approved by lawmakers. Jeff Palermo reports the new map makes it harder for Republican Garret Graves to get re-elected this year…
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In Caddo Parish, the family of a 44-year-old Dottie Yates-McCathran is asking anyone with information about her disappearance to contact the sheriff’s office. She went missing four years from her residence on Vivian Airport Road.