A state Senate committee is set to hear a bill today that would give judges the ability to sentence a person to surgical castration if they commit a sex offense against a child under the age of 13. Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow says the opponents will say castration is inhumane, but her response is….
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The bill is scheduled to be heard in Senate Judiciary C.

It was an interesting first day on the job for St. Tammany Parish coroner Christopher Tape. Tape says a suspicious package was found in a closet around two A-M at his office…
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Local officials want Tape to be recalled because he was indicted more than 20 years ago on child sexual abuse charges. The case against Tape was never brought to court. Tape says he’s not resigning.

A new study by WalletHub.com names the Bayou State as the most stressed-out state in the country. Teiko Foxx has more…
Cut 3 (31) “…I’m Teiko Foxx.”

New Orleans resident Kelsey Anderson has found love on the popular reality show The Bachelor. Anderson received the final rose from the Bachelor Joey Graziadei on the season finale last night. Andersen is a project manager and Graziadei is a tennis pro who plans to move to New Orleans.