Governor John Bel Edwards says he has met with Caddo Sheriff Steve Prator after the law enforcement officer delivered harsh criticism of the state’s criminal justice reform movement that will lead to the early release of hundreds of inmates next month. Edwards says he told the sheriff these reform efforts will do more than just reduce the incarceration rate…
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Prator said dangerous criminals will be back out on the streets next month.

The Caddo Parish Commission will vote today on removing a statue of a Confederate soldier that stands outside of the parish courthouse. LSU Shreveport Political Science Professor Jeffery Sadow says a vote taken last month indicates the commission leaning towards removing the monument…
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The Pineville Police Department is investigating its first homicide of the year. A female body was discovered early Wednesday morning…
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That’s Deputy Chief of Police Darrel Basco. The victim has been identified as 42-year-old Latish White of Alexandria.

A Jackson Parish paper mill will keep playing a vital role for the north Louisiana economy. WestRock has announced that it will enhance operations at the mill, saving about 400 jobs at the facility in Hodge and another 37-hundred indirect jobs. State Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson says it’s a big economic development win…
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The mill’s annual payroll is 28-million dollars.