Monroe Police Chief Quentin Holmes announced he will retire on July 30th. Holmes was named police chief in 2011 and received a no confidence vote from the union nearly three years ago, but he says this has nothing to do with his retirement…
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KNOE-TV reports they received anonymous calls from the public who said there was bad blood between Chief Holmes and Mayor Jamie Mayo.

In East Baton Rouge Parish, Zachary Police are investigating a fatal shooting during a home invasion in an elderly neighborhood. Chief David McDavid says one of the suspects, 20-year-old Damon Hayes, was fatally shot and a 20-year-old accomplice was arrested. He says they are searching for two others….
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McDavid has not released information on the homeowner who shot the alleged burglar.

Governor Edwards announces 220 million dollars in federal money will be allocated across the Baton Rouge area to protect against future floods and storms. Emelie Gunn has more…
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There are 16 elected posts up for election on October 14th, but during qualifying last week, a single candidate did not qualify. Secretary of State Tom Schedler says there is a policy for such an occurance…
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Jeremy Alford of La-politics-dot-com says several elections for mayor and chief of police in small villages were ignored completely by candidates.