The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness is closely monitoring levels along the Red and Mississippi Rivers due to rising water levels. Eric Gill reports..:
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Two employees at the Office of Motor Vehicles allegedly stole more than $200,000 in cash over three years while working in the customer payments department, according to a legislative audit. Heather Prather and Angelle Temple were arrested and fired earlier this year. The auditor recommends the OMV change its cash handling procedures.

The DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office says a child custody situation in Stonewall has left the grandfather murdered. Sheriff Rodney Arbuckle believes the incident stemmed from a dispute involving 36-year-old Donovan Carman’s taking the two-year-old child. The victim tried to intervene when he was killed. Arbuckle says formal first degree murder charges will be filed against Carman as soon as they take custody of the suspect…:
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The victim, 67-year-old Bobby Nichols, was transported to an area hospital where he later died.

LSU star running back Leonard Fournette needs 259 yards tonight in the Texas Bowl to reach 2,000 on the season. The Tigers and Red Raiders are battling it out in NRG Stadium. Fournette told reporters in Houston that he didn’t set any goals for this season…:
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The game officially sold out.