A proposal to eliminate vehicle inspection stickers in Louisiana will be heard in House Transportation today. Stonewall Representative Larry Bagley’s bill would remove the requirement to have an up-to-date-inspection sticker.
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This will be Bagley’s third attempt to eliminate brake tags or vehicle inspection stickers in Louisiana. As for opposition, he says he’s gotten pushback from the owners of vehicle inspection sites and state police.

Former Addis police officer David Cauthron is set to serve 10 years in prison for driving around 100 miles per hour into an intersection and slamming into a vehicle, killing two teenagers and severely injuring a U-L Lafayette student. West Baton Rouge District Attorney Tony Clayton says the incident happened on New Year’s Eve in 2022….
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Clayton says the pursuit started in Baton Rouge and Cauthron was attempting to pull over a 26-year-old driver who had taken his father’s vehicle.

Grambling State University is in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament for the first time in the history of the school. Colleen Crain has the story…
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