A 33-year-old Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office maintenance worker, Sterling Williams, was arrested for aiding the escape of 10 inmates from the Orleans Justice Center, as announced by the Attorney General Liz Murrill.
Williams confessed to turning off the water in a cell as instructed by an inmate, enabling the group to escape through a hole behind a toilet. Murrill says he was identified after reviewing footage and interviewing employees who had directly interacted with inmates.
Former President Joe Biden’s office says the 82-year-old is reviewing treatment options after he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. LSU Health Shreveport Professor of Urology Doctor Kevin Hebert says according to the statement the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management…
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An effort to get local governments from using speed cameras that issue traffic tickets outside of school zones has been approved by the House Transportation Committee. Monroe Senator Stewart Cathey’s bill, which has already passed Senate, would result in local officials being charged with malfeasance if speed cameras were used outside of school zones.
Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux testified against the bill. Arceneaux says speed cameras in school zones have helped to reduce speeding in front of schools and the city plans to use speed cameras outside of school zones…
Local police departments say cameras that issue speeding tickets can improve highway safety, but Cathey argues manpower improves public safety…