We are getting news that two people with ties to Louisiana were among the victims in the mass shooting at an Orlando gay nightclub. Twenty-seven-year-old Frank Hernandez, a former Lafayette Parish resident, was one of 49 killed and 39-year-old Leonel Melendez, a New Orleans native, is in a coma after he was shot in the head. Forum for Equality executive director Sara Jane Brady…
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A vigil was held in the Rotunda of the State Capitol for the victims of the Orlando mass shooting. Governor John Bel Edwards says all of our hearts are broken…
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Edwards has ordered US and State of Louisiana flags should be flown at half-staff until sunset on Thursday.

The giant sinkhole in Bayou Corne seems to have stabilized. Michelle Southern has more…
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DeSoto Parish investigators are trying to determine how 21-year-old Maranda Whitton was killed. Her body was found in a pond near Longansport last Friday. Sheriff Rodney Arbuckle says the coroner is waiting on more information before determing a cause of death, but in the meantime the investigation is ongoing…
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33-year-old Jarod Johnson is a person of interest in Whitton’s death.