The body of a Baton Rouge man was found rolled in a tarp along Highway 51 between Fluker and the Village of Tangipahoa Sunday morning. A passerby traveling along the highway first reported a suspicious rolled-up tarp on the side of the road. Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff deputies responded and discovered the body of 69-year-old William Nicholas Abraham. Tangipahoa Parish Coroner’s office reports the cause of death as homicide by blunt force trauma.
A 5-year-old was killed and a ten-year-old injured over the weekend in a two-vehicle crash in Claiborne Parish. Investigators say impairment is a factor in the wreck and both children were improperly restrained. State Trooper Eddie Thomas says 31-year-old Jordan Burton of Homer crossed the centerline on Louisiana Highway 146 hitting another car. Thomas says proper restraints can often be the difference between life and death in serious crashes.
There’s the possibility of another named storm in the Gulf of Mexico this week. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says the National Hurricane Center is watching a disorganized area of low pressure in the western Caribbean that has a medium chance of developing into at least a tropical depression. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim…
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Louisiana has some of the highest property and auto insurance rates in the country and many are hoping for a special legislative session to address them. Chairman of the House Insurance Committee, Pollack Representative Gabe Firment says there’s little the legislature can do to lower insurance rates short of making Louisiana a more attractive state for business, but he says any insurance reform discussion should focus on families and small business owners who have to make tough choices to afford their insurance premiums.