Shreveport Police are looking for three to four gunmen who busted into a card game and fatally shot two people and injured eight others. The ambush style attack occurred early this morning at a tire shop. Corporal Marcus Hines says masked gunmen shot their victims with semi-automatic rifles and fled the scene.
Governor Edwards said today he has concerns about a bill that would prohibit a Sanctuary city from borrowing state dollars for construction projects. New Orleans and Lafayette are considered Sanctuary Cities because of policies they have regarding illegal immigrants. Attorney General Jeff Landry would decide if a city should be labeled as a Sanctuary City. Speaker Pro Tem of the House, Walt Leger, also has concerns….
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The bill is awaiting a hearing in the Senate.
A resolution was approved by House today that would make the town of Welsh, in southwest Louisiana as the “Home of the Cajun Dictionary.” A priest in Welsh for 44 years published a “Dictionary of the Cajun Language’ and it’s currenlty housed at the Welsh Museum.
Two Louisiana residents have been serverly burned this year after the battery inside their electronic cigarette exploded. That’s according to the State Fire Marshal’s Office, who has put out a warning to consumers about the product. Deputy Chief Brant Thompson says make sure the batters in your vaporizing device are in good condition…
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One of the individuals injured suffered second and third-degree burns to his leg and hand after the battery in his mod overheated.
The man believed to be the oldest Wold War Two Veteran has passed away and funeral services are scheduled for next week in his hometown of Cotton Valley, which is in Webster Parish. Frank Levingston lived to be 110 years old and enlinsted in the army shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor.