State police are looking for two vehicles involved in a fatal hit and run that took the life of a skateboarder in Hammond. Trooper Dustin Dwight says 26-year-old Erin Gerhard was skateboarding down the right side of University Avenue near S-L-U’s campus around 10pm last night…:
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Dwight says troopers believe the vehicles involved are a pickup truck and a dark colored sedan.

A Prairieville man who has a lengthy criminal history is behind bars once again following a nearly 9 hour long standoff with Ascension Parish Deputies who acted on a tip regarding a gas station robbery in Baton Rouge. Authorities say they cut power to the residence where 27-year-old Matthew Morris was barricading himself inside, and used tear gas before the suspect finally surrendered, eight and a half hours later. Morris, who has over 19 arrests, was taken to the Ascension Parish Jail shortly after midnight.

The bill that would expand the number of diseases in the medical marijuana law passed the House floor Thursday on a 62-32 vote. Those in opposition say cannabis oil is not FDA approved, but New Orleans Representative Helena Moreno says federally legal drugs aren’t necessarily always the best option…:
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The measure heads back to the Senate for amendment review then to governor John Bel Edwards desk.

The Fruit of the Loom distribution center that’s been in Vidalia for over 20 years will be shuttering its doors for good, meaning 167 people will be out of work. The company, Martin Mills, a subsidiary of Union Underwear Company, said it would offer various employment services with the help of the state’s dislocated worker unit. They said the first jobs will be terminated no sooner than July 10th.