TOPS recipients are preparing to pay nearly 60-percent of their tuition for the spring semester, and state leaders say they are committed to making sure that doesn’t happen again next year. Jeff Palermo has more:
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The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating an incident in which a 2-year-old shot a 1-year-old sibling in the face by mistake while inside a vehicle, leaving the baby in serious condition. Details are limited at this time, but cops confirm the family drove the injured infant to the hospital and it’s not yet known how the 2-year-old was able to obtain the weapon.

Some lawmakers are not happy with the Office of Motor Vehicles decision to stop accepting cash as a form of payment. The OMV announced the new policy as a way to save money and prevent theft by state workers. Jonesboro Senator Jim Fannin says many senior citizens do not have credit cards and they shouldn’t have to suffer because employees might steal cash…:
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OMV Commissioner Karen St. Germain says the new policy saves the state 500-thousand dollars.

CSRA has opened a new integrated technology center in Bossier City, which is good news for economic development in northwest Louisiana. LED Secretary Don Pierson says CSRA isn’t a household name like IBM and CenturyLink, but it’s still a major information technology company…:
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Pierson says now employs 400 people in Shreveport-Bossier but will expand to 800 by June 2018.