Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has started the legal process in the state’s attempt to reinstate the death sentence for convicted killer Dale Dwayne Craig. In 1992, when he was just a few days shy of his 18th birthday, Craig fired three bullets through the head of LSU freshmen student Kipp Gullet after stealing his vehicle.
In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that no one can be executed for a crime committed before the age of 18.
When it comes to budgeting money, Louisianans apparently aren’t that good at it. A new study by WalletHub ranks Louisiana as the second worst state in the country in money budgeting. Analyst Chris Lupo says you can blame that in part on Louisiana’s relatively low median income.
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The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury has received an update on the new Lake Charles I-10 bridge project. Andre Champagne has the story.
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A doctor from Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, is arrested for alleged indecent behavior with a juvenile from St. Tammany Parish. Investigators with the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation say 32-year-old Brandon Joseph Bunol engaged in inappropriate online communications with the minor. Bunol is booked into the St. Tammany Correctional Facility.