The Senate Education committee rejected a House-approved bill this afternoon that would have paved the way for public high school students to take part in a national survey on sexual risks and behavior. West Monroe Senator Mike Walsworth opposed it. He says this test would not help reduce teen pregancy or the rates of S-T-Ds…
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The vote was 4-to-2 to kill the bill for the session.

State police are looking for two vehicles involved in a fatal hit and run that took the life of a skateboarder in Hammond near SLU. Trooper Dustin Dwight says 26-year-old Erin Gerhard was hit twice by two vehicles that fled the scene. He says they are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the motorists responsible for Gerhard’s death…:
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Troopers believe the vehicles involved are a pickup truck and a dark colored sedan.

Legislation has been approved in the House that would allow certain victims of domestic violence with a protective order to carry a concealed handgun for 45 days without training. Baton Rouge Representative Patricia Smith expressed concerns that someone who has not received the training, will be lacadaisical with a gun…
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Despite those concerns the bill heads to the Senate.

New information came out today about the two-year-old whose body was found in Beauregard Parish last week. Vernon Parish Sheriff Sam Craft says based on the result of the autopsy they believe the child was murdered in Vernon and they also believe Willow Rain Renteria-Molina died a day before she was reported missing by her mother. Sheriff Craft says the child’s babysitter remains a person of interest, but it’s possible someone else could be involved in the child’s death.