The secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services tells legislators her department is in need of resources to care for the more than four-thousand children in foster care in Louisiana. Marketa Garner Walters says there is a shortage of foster homes…:
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She says Louisiana could face federal penalties if it falls short of meeting required standards.

A debate over the Earned Income Tax Credit broke out in a House Committee today. Prairieville Representative Tony Bacala says if the state eliminated the earned income tax credit which benefits low to morderate workers, the state would save nearly 50-million dollars. But New Orleans Representative Walt Leger says many Louisiana residents use the credit to pay for daily life expenses…
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A federal judge in New Orleans has rejected former Saints star Darren Sharper’s plea deal. Sharper who is accused of drugging and raping women in several states was hoping to get a nine-year sentence, but Judge Jane Triche Milazzo says the punishment doesn’t fit the crime. Legal analyst Chick Foret says Sharper has three options in front of him…
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Judge Milazzo had said the accusations against Sharper should lead to a 15 to 20 year prison sentence if found guilty.

Captain Clay Higgins with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s office has put out another viral video. Higgins, who is famous for his youtube crime stopper videos, is addressing members of the Gremlins Criminal Gang that are wanted on criminal charges…
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Higgins latest youtube video has received over eight million views on the St. Landry Sheriff’s office facebook page.