The Department of Health and Hospitals has asked the Louisiana State Police to investigate water quality reporting in St. John the Baptist Parish. Officials there last week said they discovered a dangerous amoeba in the water supply. LSP Sgt Nick Manale says DHH is concerned their water test turned up different results than what the parish reported…:
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He says the investigation is in its early stages.

A judge in Allen Parish says a 19-year-old man from Oakdale is guilty of killing his grandfather and stealing thousands from the victim last November. The judge reportedly called Laken Johnson a cold-blooded-killer and handed down a second degree murder verdict which means life in prison. 64-year-old Norman Ray Johnson was killed with a 12-gauge shotgun according to investigating officers.

A federal investigation has been launched into the death of 23-year-old Victor White the third, who died in March while in the custody of the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s office. Jeff Palermo has the story:
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A US District judge told lawyers on both sides of the controversial abortion law they have until a hearing on September 30th to give status updates. He temporarily blocked the measure which would require abortion doctors to have hospital admitting privileges — the law still went into affect Monday but the judge wants the doctors to have time to submit applications before being penalized. Lawyers need to submit memos by September 23 indicating what they want the court to cover at the hearing.