Governor Edwards met with Caddo Sheriff Steve Prator about his concerns over the release of hundreds of inmates next month as part of the state’s criminal justice reform effort. Emelie Gunn has more…
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About 200 people are reportedly sick in Caldwell Parish from a bad case of food poisioning. KNOE-TV has reported one person has died. The Louisiana Department of Health is looking into the outbreak. There’s speculation the food poisioning is the result of a bad pot of jambalya from a softball event.

Authorities are searching for clues after a female body was found near the Pineville expressway. Deputy Chief of Pineville Police, Darrell Basco, says 42-year-old Latish White of Alexandria was stabbed multiple times..
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Jackson Parish’s largest private employer has announced plans to upgrade the WestRock paper mill in Hodge. State Representative Jack MacFarland says if the facility closed down, it would be catastrophic, since the mill also provides needed utilities…
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The mill produces 800-thousand tons of container board paper each year.