A teenager is dead and five others are wounded following a shootout next to the food court at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge. Most of the victims were taken to Our Lady of the Lake. FMOL Health President Chuck Spicer:
Baton Rouge police chief T.J. Morse says five people were taken into custody.
A measure that would increase the penalty for smoking marijuana within two-thousand feet of a school facility to up to a year in prison and a one-thousand dollar fine has advanced to the Senate. The full House passed Pollack Representative Gabe Firment’s bill, but Marrero Representative Kyle Green says some people live within that zone.
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House Education approves a Senate-passed bill that’s attempting to stop the growing number of school systems moving to a four-day school week. Jeff Palermo has the story.
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If you’re making plans for the weekend and thinking crawfish might be in your future, you should know the price of mudbugs dropped 25 cents per pound this week. According to the Crawfish App, which tracks real-time pricing from more than one-thousand businesses, consumers can expect to pay amount @2.79 per pound for live crawfish and $5.46 per pound for boiled crawfish this weekend.