State Police is looking for the driver of the vehicle that struck and killed a pedestrian on Interstate 20 in Richland Parish near Highway 133. The crash claimed the life of 35-year-old Jared Osbon of West Monroe. Trooper Ryan Davis says investigators believe it was a 2021 or newer Ford Super Duty truck and he suspects it sustained damage to the left front headlight assembly and grill.
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Davis urges anyone with information to contact Louisiana State Police – Troop F at 318-345-0000.
A Baton Rouge mother is sentenced to life in prison after her two-year-old son died from a Fentanyl overdose. Whitney Ard was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of her son, Mitchell Robinson the Third. District Attorney Hillar Moore argued that the circumstances demonstrated a pattern of negligence that crossed into criminal behavior.
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A federal judge is expected to issue a ruling on Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law by the middle of next month. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Five enslaved people who died on a former plantation and are buried on the grounds of a proposed plastics facility in St. James Parish have been identified. The proposed plant would be on the site of a former plantation owned by Benjamin Winchester. Genealogist, Lenora Gobert…