A Baton Rouge business owner was in a shuttle near the Mandalay Bay Hotel as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire on a country music concert. Allie Wester, owner of Weddings by Allie, is in town for a wedding planning conference and says suddenly a shuttle she was in suddenly sped off…:
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The attack became the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history with 59 killed and 527 wounded.
This weekend’s Flambeau Music Festival takes place in Ascension Parish and authorities are assuring ticket holders that safety will be of the utmost importance. Sheriff Jeff Wiley says security will be widespread and obvious..:
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He says the venue in Gonzales will include a coordinated effort between law enforcement, concert security and Lamar Dixon personnel.
LaPolitics.com Publisher Jeremy Alford says many voters don’t know there is a state treasurer race coming up this month, and even fewer care. Michael Farrar reports..:
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State Police say its investigating a Ouachita Parish Sheriff officer involved shooting. They said deputies initiated a traffic stop and at some point the driver was shot and killed. No more information is available at this time.