Former Iberville Parish teacher of the year will spend two years behind bars for having sex with three of his former students. Emelie Gunn has more…
The Edwards Administration is concerned about state funding for healthcare, as the full House is set to debate the proposed spending plan for next fiscal year. DHH Sec. Rebekah Gee says the House budget committee shifted dollars away from DHH and this could lead to multiple hospital closures and would eliminate jobs that inspect potentially unsafe facilities. She says DHH has over 230 million dollars in unmet needs.
A Houma man is facing animal cruelty charges after he allegedly shot and killed his neighbor’s pit bull. Sgt. Travis Theriot says 60-year-old Karl Kohman shot the 2-year-old dog after the K-9 bit his son.
Theriot says Kohman’s 34-year-old son was walking through the neighbor’s yard when the dog bit him on the ankle.
Police say a child was killed in Ruston this morning after being struck by her mother’s vehicle as she was dropping her child off at school. Ruston Police Deputy Chief Clint Williams says when first responders arrived, they made a heartbreaking discovery.
Williams says it appears the child tried to exit the vehicle while it was still moving.