The two officers accused of fatally shooting a six-year-old child and wounding his father have been formally charged with murder. A grand jury indicted Norris Greenhouse Junior and Derrick Stafford with second-degree murder for the events that occurred on November third. Stafford and Greenhouse were working that night as city marshals in Marksville when they fired over a dozen rounds at a car driven by Chris Few. Few was severely injured and his autistic son Jeremy Mardis was killed.

Tension was felt during a public hearing in New Orleans over Confederate monuments. The City Council is expected to vote next week one whether the
the structures are a nuisance which would pave the way for them to come down. This anti-monument woman says the issue has been discussed for a long time and it’s not going to go away…:
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Pro-monument speakers say removing the statues would be a dishonor to US Veterans and the city’s culture.

Governor-elect John Bel Edwards sent a letter to the Speaker of the Louisiana House, Representative Chuck Kleckley, to formally resign as the State Representative for House District 72. In a statement, Edwards thanks his Amite District for allow him to serve and says he’s resigning in order to devote his full attention to the transition to the Office of the Governor.

It’s another weekend of state championship football inside the Mercedes Benz Superdome. Jeff Palermo has the story…:
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