A couple of bills from the crime special session received final legislative passage on Wednesday. The permitless concealed handgun bill received final legislative approval in the House and the lower chamber also sent a bill to the governor’s desk that will result in 17-year-olds who commit felonies to be treated as adults. Democrats fought back against both proposals. Baton Rouge Representative Denise Marcelle on the legislation that puts 17-year-old offenders in the adult prison system…
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Meanwhile, the Louisiana Senate gave final legislative approval to a bill that would lock up drug dealers for at least 25 years if they present fentanyl in a way that would attract a minor in taking it. West Monroe Senator Jay Morris…
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That bill received unanimous approval in the Senate.

Five months ago, 58-year-old Bill Daspit vanished, and his wife Lara (pronounced Laura) Daspit has put up billboards in the Lafayette area in hopes of finding him. She says he was last seen on video the evening of September 10th after wrecking his motorcycle near their home in the small town of Coteau Holmes in St. Martin Parish
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Coteau Homles is approximately seven miles east of St. Martinville.

Daspit says her husband wears thick sunglasses due to his glaucoma and they were found alongside his helmet and motorcycle in a ditch about 100 yards from their home

A Mardi Gras krewe in New Orleans has made the decision that they will no longer throw plastic beads. Freret Captain Bobby Hjortsberg says the feedback to do away with beads has been extremely positive and Freret along with other krewes in New Orleans are focused on more sustainable throws like socks, luggage tags, masks, and hats. Hjortsberg says even local bead vendors are jumping on the trend and expanding their options.
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