Governor Jeff Landry calls last week’s fatal mass shooting at the Louisiana Mall unacceptable and is pointing the finger at parents and the judicial system for the violence that continues to take place involving young people
17 year old Markell Lee has been charged him with first degree murder and five counts of attempted first-degree murder. Authorities are searching for a second suspected gunman.
Forty-four years after 16-year-old Roxanne Sharp was raped and murdered in Covington, State Police have arrested four men in connection with that murder. Trooper Marc Gremillion says the February 1982 murder remained unsolved for decades, until Charles Dowdy’s podcast “Who Killed Roxanne” spurred interest in the case.
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While the Republican Senate candidates can’t agree on holding a debate, the Democratic candidates all got together for a debate in Baton Rouge. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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A bill heading to the House floor looks to give significant pay raises to the governor and other statewide elected officials. Harahan Representative John Illg says those salaries haven’t been raised in 20 years.