A bill to legalize sports betting gets a senate committee hearing today. Jeff Palermo has more…
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Severe weather is expected across much of Louisiana as a strong cold front is expected to move through tonight. State climatologist Barry Keim says some of the strongest weather could be seen in north Louisiana…Keim says the next 24 hours will be critical as the cold front enters the state and will drop temperatures by as much as ten degrees in some areas for Wednesday…
Temperatures are expected to rebound by the latter part of this week.
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Several protesters marched into Attorney General Jeff Landry’s office on Monday demanding a grand jury look at the evidence from the Alton Sterling investigation. Landry announced last week two white police officers will not be criminally charged in the 2016 shooting death of a black man. But Louisiana NAACP President Michael McClanahan says the violent video of the shooting released on Friday should be reviewed by a 12-member panel to determine if criminal charges are warranted…
Body cam and surveillance video from a convenience store showed officer Blane Salamoni yelling obscenities and putting his gun to Sterling’s head, and then shooting him six times after a brief struggle. McClanahan feels the officers did not go there to make peace with Sterling
McClanahan says they are peacefully protesting and they plan to go back to Landry’s office every day until the A-G comes out and speaks with them. McClanahan expects the groups to get larger and remain camped out for longer stints…