The U-S Supreme Court heard arguments today over whether Louisiana’s Congressional map with two majority Black districts is unconstitutional because race was allegedly the primary factor in drawing up the second Black majority district. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill (Merle) hopes the ruling will help states comply with the Voting Rights Act, while also not violating the 14th Amendment’s ban on drawing districts based on race…
The Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating the person or persons responsible for a mass shooting at trail ride event in Clarence on Saturday night that wounded four people, including two teenagers. Captain Tony Moran…
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Hearts are heavy in St. Tammany Parish after a deputy sheriff is killed in the line of duty. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office says one of its deputies shot a man who had a put a gun to a woman’s head. That woman and her two children escaped the residence unharmed and when authorities arrived at the home, they found 40-year-old Matthew Calloway pacing inside. Authorities say Calloway came out of the house, walking backwards and then suddenly turned toward deputies and pulled out a firearm. He was shot and transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.