Former State Police Trooper Kory York has avoided jail time for his role in the 2019 fatal arrest of Ronald Greene, a black motorist who was beaten and tased by officers following a high-speed chase in Union Parish. York was facing eight counts of malfeasance in office, but York entered a plea of no contest to simple battery and was placed on one year of supervised probation and must perform 160 hours of community service.
We’re learning new information about a shooting that ruined a homecoming football game Friday night. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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The call for Governor Jeff Landry’s tax reform special session is out as lawmakers will be asked enact major tax reform that would result in lower income taxes for many, but many services that are currently not taxed would be taxed. Louisiana Revenue Secretary Richard Nelson says the goal is to make the state more competitive as a place to do business…
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The special session is set to begin next Wednesday and must end by November 25th.
Halloween is Thursday and the Myrtles in St. Francisville near Baton Rouge is is ranked as one of the spookiest places in the world according to TripAdvisor. Director of sales and marketing at the Myrtles, Mary Glen Miller, says the resort, which was once a plantation, does not intentionally try to be spooky.
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Several visitors say they have encountered a ghost named Chloe which was a slave that lived in the home.