Two employees from the Town of Franklinton are under arrest, accused of stealing over $22,000 in water and utility payments from residents. State Police Master Trooper Greg Marchand says they arrested 39-year-old Carmen Freemen and 42-year-old Caprice Dawson on several charges, including felony theft and malfeasance in office…
CUT 5 (06) “in Franklinton”

Former Saints safety Darren Sharper was indicted this morning by an News Orleans grand jury on two counts of aggravated rape in the New Orleans area, for allegedly drugging and having non-consensual sex with two women. Sharper faces charges in other states as well, which could mean multiple trials…
CUT 7 (12) “tried first”
Sharper was also indicted this afternoon on federal drug charges.

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An unrestrained passenger in a car that was hit by an 18 wheeler in a crash this morning on I-20 in Lincoln Parish has died after being ejected from the vehicle. The driver, 35 year-old Candace Henderson said she hit something, lost control, then crossed over into the opposite lane of traffic…
CUT 10 (08) Q: “died at the hospital”
That’s State Trooper Michael Reichart. The victim is idenfied as 28 year-old Kimberly Henderson of Monroe.

There’s only about 700 tickets left out of the 8,000 ticket allottment for LSU in the Music City Bowl in Nashville, as the Tigers play Notre Dame December 30th. LSU ticket office maganger Brian Broussard, he’s not surprised by the response…
CUT 13 (05) Q: ‘to visit”
LSU sold only six-thousand tickets for last year’s Outback Bowl against Iowa.