A Denham Springs woman has been arrested amid allegations she filed a false rape report against a Livingston Parish deputy. State Police Senior Trooper Bryan Lee says 38-year-old Sherri Penton and the cop met on online and hooked up in mid-October, and the two have different stories about what happened…:
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Penton was arrested and charged with Filing a False Complaint against Law Enforcement.

Secretary of State Tom Schedler is today slated to testify before a US House committee that there is no need to worry that elections in Louisiana are being hacked by Russians. He says he plans to remind the panel that no state votes online…:
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He says no state has had any creditable issue that changed any votes.

Retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honore of Louisiana says the reason North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un ordered the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile yesterday is to act like he has a seat at the table with powerful countries like ours. But Honore says if North Korea is trying to start a war with the US, they will lose…:
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Honore predicts North Korea has about 12 nuclear warheads and the U.S. has about 3,900.

The St. Bernard Parish District Attorney’s Office announces the Chalmette man accused of murdering his ex-wife with an axe in September won’t face the death penalty. Mark Owens is charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. Authorities say Owens hid under his ex-wife’s bed at her house, waited until she left for work, then attacked her in the front yard.