Shocking story in Webster Parish, as Minden Police have charged a ten-year-old in the fatal shootings of two people, 82-year-old Joe Cornelius and his 31-year-old daughter Keisha Miles. Chief Jared McIver says they are not ready to release a motive, but this was not an accidental shooting…
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Cornelius is a former Minden city councilman and was appointed as mayor for a brief time.
A teenage girl is dead in a crash in Lafayette. Police Sergeant Matthew Benoit (BEN-wah) says this happened early yesterday morning.
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Benoit notes that while investigators have established that the vehicle was stolen, it’s unclear whether that 14-year-old driver was the one who stole it. The teen is in juvenile detention and is facing four charges – including negligent homicide.
A Louisiana pollster says many of the national polls show Vice President Kamala Harris with a two-point lead over former president Donald Trump as the presidential election season begins to ramp up. Mel Bridges has more.
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The last time there were no named storms in the Atlantic and Gulf from August 13th to September 3rd was 1968. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim hopes this trend continues…
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