Louisiana residents are evenly split on religious freedom laws that allow businesses refuse service to same sex couples based on their religion. That’s according to the 2017 Louisiana Survey. Director of the LSU Public Policy Research Lab Dr. Michael Henderson says this follows the nationwide trend.
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Henderson says he’s surprised only 47-percent of residents support refusal of services, because Louisiana is a conservative state.

Charges have been announced against an Abbeville man who is accused in the murder of 89-year-old Dorothy Poche. Tangipahoa Sheriff Daniel Edwards says 26-year-old Timothy rochon faces several charges including second-degree murder and an aggravated arson charge is pending…
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Edwards says Rochon knew Poche and her grandson and was living at the home, but a motive is unclear at this point.

Executive Director of the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission, Dr. Katara Williams says distracted driving is an epidemic in the Bayou State. Jeff Palermo has more…
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Authorities say a 66-year-old man was killed by his own truck in Shreveport this afternoon. Police say the victim was working the truck and there was a mechanical malfuntion that caused the truck to roll over him. He died at a local hospital.

Also, one person was killed and another person sent to a burn unit after a dump truck and fuel truck collided on I-310 in St. Charles Parish.