A Deville couple is dead following an apparent murder-suicide. Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office Lt. Tommy Carnline says after finding a woman with a gunshot would to the side of the face, they found the suspect as they were clearing the building…

CUT 13 (11) Q: “he was deceased”

39 year-old Theresa Ann Johnson died this morning.
A father and step-mother of an 11-year-old who ran away from home have been arrested on charges of child abuse, neglet and drug charges. Lt. Bill Davis from the Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office says he believes the child was just trying to get away…

cut 8 (08) Q: “unfortunate case”

Forty-three year-old Ernest Bell and 30 year-old Kristen Downs were booked into the Bossier Maximum Security Facility.

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Are we freaking out a little too much over the threat of Ebola in this coountry? State and National heath care officials are urging the public not to overreact. Dr. Frank Welch is the Medical Director for the State Department of Health and Hospitals:

CUT 3 (13) “unrealistic fear”

Still, he wants to make sure the health care system is prepared.

A man from Houston is in jail after trying a very creative way to smuggle meth across state lines. Baton Rouge Police pulled over a commercial bus headed to Mobile early Thursday morning on I-12, and after a search by narcotics dogs, discovered meth hidden in the wax in some 52 Sacred Heart Jesus candles that were packed in a suitcase. Nineteen year-old Jose Antonio Rodriguez-Lara was arrested on drug charges.