Zachary Police have charged a 33-year-old man with first-degree murder for allegedly shooting, stabbing and beating an 11-month old child. Police Chief David McDavid says they found several weapons in the house and the autopsy shows the baby died of multiple stab and gunshot wounds….
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McDavid says Fabian Smith was the only adult home at the time of the murder. A motive hasn’t been established.

Also in East Baton Rouge, Baker Police say a 13-year-old secretely gave birth to a child and then left the baby, with the umbillica cord still attached on a teacher’s front porch. Authorities say the mother’s parents didn’t know their child was pregnant, but the baby appears to be healthy.

The search continues for a missing worker who was present during an explosion on an energy platform in Lake Pontchartrain. Three other workers are in critical condition.

The statewide turnout for Saturday’s special election for state treasurer was just 13-percent. Political analyst Clancy Dubos says the two men who made the runoff, Democrat Derrick Edwards and Republican John Schroder have their work cut out for them, when it comes to securing votes….
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The runoff is November 18.

The three constitutional amendments on Saturday’s ballot all passed. Public Affairs Research Council President Robert Travis Scott, says with the passage of amendment three, the state has created a new fund that will only receive money, if the legislature decided to increase the gasoline tax….
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Scott says that means new revenues from a gasoline tax must go towards highway construction. The approval of amendment one means property taxes can not be collected during construction work of a home or business.