Natchitoches Police are investigating a Monday evening homicide that occurred off University Drive. Around 9:30 PM Police responded to reports of the gunshot victim and when they arrived found a fifteen-year-old suffering from a single gunshot wound. The young person was pronounced dead after being transported to Natchitoches Regional Medical Center. The investigation is ongoing.
Opelousas High School can once again say they are state champions in football. In December, Opelousas won its first state championship in football when it defeated Cecilia 26-13. In late February, the LHSAA stripped Opelousas of its title. Zachery thanks the school board and St. Landry Parish Superintendent Milton Batiste who had his back…
House Criminal Justice Committee advances a bill that creates the crime of coerced criminal abortion by fraud inspired by the sister of bill sponsor Senator Thomas Pressly, Catherine Herring, whose husband poisoned her with an abortion pill in Texas, but only spent 180 in jail. Pressly says the Louisiana bill of criminalized coerced abortion in the first trimester would be punishable by imprisonment of no less than five, no more than 10 years.
The Louisiana House is expected to vote tomorrow on legislation that would result in the state holding a constitutional convention. A two-thirds vote is needed in the House for the proposal to advance to the Senate. La-politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says it appears the voters are there in the House for it to pass…