There is a new North Louisiana Crime Lab operating in Shreveport, serving 29 north Louisiana parishes. Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator says the planning for the North Louisiana Forensic Sciences started over 12 years ago with construction beginning in 2013 at a cost of
26-million-dollars. Prator says the new lab will also partner with the LSU Medical School in Shreveport.
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As we’ve seen an excess number of wrecks this week. The state Department of Transportation reports there were 2,423 crashes on Interstate 10 between Exit 100 in Lafayette and the Baton Rouge Mississippi River Bridge from January 1st of 2014 to the end of 2016. DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson….
Today is the Great American Smokeout, the day tobacco users are encouraged to quit smoking, chewing tobacco or using other tobacco related products. The latest parish to ban public smoking is East Baton Rouge. Lance Barbour with the American Cancer Society they will recognize that with a press conference today…
Governor Edwards and Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain continue their listening tour with farmers today with stops in Ferriday and Slaughter. Edwards says soybean farmers are asking for funding so the Red River can be dredged in northwest Louisiana to help with shipping costs.