Former Governor Edwin Edwards is in the hospital being treated for pneumonia. The 89-year-old frequently suffers from the illness and his wife Trina says hopefully they’ll be able to go home soon…:
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Trina says just about every year around this time her husband comes down with pneumonia.

A Baton Rouge father has been arrested after allegedly killing his 4-year-old while play fighting. Baton Rouge Police Sgt. Don Coppola says Kristopher Carter apparently was punching his son and asking him to punch back. He says witnesses report the preschooler had no signs of illness before being with the father; and his death was ruled a homicide…:
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Carter’s lawyer says they have a different story for the DA and his client is innocent.

Governor John Bel Edwards has sent a letter to Senator-elect John Kennedy to bring him up to speed on the efforts to get more federal aid for flood recovery. The letter comes after Kennedy told USA today that the governor hasn’t done enough to secure federal funding. Edwards’ Communications Director, Richard Carbo, says Kennedy’s statements just weren’t based in reality….:
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Public meetings are being held in flood impacted areas of the state to update flood victims on the ongoing recovery efforts. The first round of money will go to elderly and disabled low income families who are not in a flood plain and don’t have flood insurance first. Executive Director for the Office of Community Development, Pat Forbes says the action plan still has to go through the bureaucratic process…:
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