46-year-old Jefferey Dixon of Bunkie faces attempted murder and arson charges in connection with a house fire. State Fire Marshal’s Office spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue says when the Bunkie Fire Department responded to a house fire Tuesday evening, they found the back porch engulfed in flames and one of the residents safely outside.
Shortly after, Dixon was quickly apprehended nearby and he also faces Violation of a Protective Order and Simple Burglary charges.
Louisiana’s Special Legislative session on crime will begin in about two weeks and Governor Landry has been speaking to lawmakers about possibly expanding the death penalty. Landry failing to carry out that sentence goes further than fighting crime…
The state’s last death row execution was in 2010.
A lawsuit challenging the most recent congressional map has been filed on behalf of twelve plaintiffs who identify themselves as non-African American voters. Monroe attorney Paul Hurd says the map resembles one that was deemed unconstitutional in the 90s and says his clients filed the suit to put voters in communities of interest back together.
State Transportation and Calcasieu Bridge Partners have reached a new agreement on a public-private partnership to construct a new Interstate-10 Calcasieu River Bridge. DOTD Secretary Joe Donahue says expenses related to right-of-way acquisition, utility relocation, wetland impact mitigation, and others the state is responsible for have been significantly lowered.