During the overnight hours, New Orleans city contractors began removing the first of four Confederate monuments. The Liberty Place monument was taken away at around 5:30 this morning in pieces on a flat bed truck. Mayor Mitch Landrieu says this statue was put up to honor the killing of police officers by white supremacists…
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Landrieu says they were taken down in the middle of the night for the safety of the workers. Tulane Professor Richard Marksbury said on Talk Louisiana with Jim Engster that it was extreme for police to have snipers on hand for the removal…
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Landrieu says three other Confederate statues will be taken down sooner rather than later.

Iberia Parish Sheriff Major Wendell Raborn says they are receiving a lot of tips regarding the murder of an 80-year-old woman early Saturday morning in New Iberia…
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Authorities says bullets flew through the front door of Bertha Hill’s home and she was fatally struck multiple times.

A northwest Louisiana lawmaker wants to put an end to the need of an inspection sticker for your vehicle. Stonewall Representative Larry Bagley believes the stickers are more about money than safety…
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Bagley’s bill will be heard soon in the House Transportation Committee. State Police uses some of the money from the purchase of the sticker to fund their operations.