Baton Rouge Police have arrested two cousins in connection with the shooting death of West. St. John High School football coach Juan Joseph. Cpl. Don Coppola says they arrested 25-year-old Lemark Cloud Monday night. He says 25-year-old Kendric Cloud was taken into custody Tuesday…:
CUT 3 (12) “of Mr. Joseph”
He says Cloud was the alleged getaway driver.
Record lows were hit in southeast Louisiana this morning, but warmer weather is on the way. Andrew Ansorge (An-Sore-Gy) says Baton Rouge broke the record temperature dating all the way back to January 1930…:
CUT 6 (04) “this morning”
He says the high pressure that brought the cold in is moving off to the east today and south winds will bring in moisture and more severe weather is expected to move through the state this weekend.
The Pilgrims Pride plant in Natchitoches is listed as one of the nine worst chicken plants in the nation for animal cruelty. The list was compiled in part by Farm Sanctuary and policy director Bruce Friedrich (FREED-rick) says they got plant violation information from the federal government through the Freedom of Information Act…:
CUT 9 (11) “in the country”
He says violations include workers throwing chickens in the same bags as dead birds.
Louisiana’s Unclaimed Property Program returned a record $35.5 million last fiscal year, according to State Treasurer John Kennedy. Currently the state has over $635 million in unclaimed property. If you think some of that is yours, you can search online at www-dot-LATreasury-dot-com.