State Police is investigating an officer involved shooting in which they say a Baton Rouge cop shot and killed a man during a struggle when escorting a state child welfare case worker. Senior Trooper Bryan Lee says, despite rumors circling social media, the man who was killed was not handcuffed when he was shot. LSP has identified the man killed as 24-year-old Calvin Toney.

The LaFourche Parish Council will issue a proclamation tonight marking the 130th anniversary of the Thibodaux Massacre…:
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With the announcement of DXC Technology opening a digital transformation center, over two-thousand direct jobs will be created in New Orleans over the next seven to eight years. Demographer Greg Rigamer says these new jobs are extremely significant for the technology community in the Crescent City. He says Louisiana provided $120 million in incentives to attract the company’s attention…:
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Rigamer says although it will take a while to create all the new jobs, we should see 300 jobs in 2018.

Gas prices keep inching up along with demand. The current statewide average for a gallon of regular is $2.31, according to AAA.