Natchitoches Police announce the arrest of a woman connected to the burning death of a six-month-old child. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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We should get a break from the the oppressive heat tomorrow. State Climatologist Barry Keim says the wind will shift out of the north after today…
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Keim says rain chances for the rest of the week should be 20 to 30%.

No more sales tax holidays in Louisiana until 2025 as a result of legislation approved in the last special session. But the Tax Foundation’s Nicole Kaeding says it’s not entirely bad news for the consumer. She says research shows retailers like to increase prices on items during sales tax holidays…
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The next sales tax holiday scheduled for Louisiana was to be held the first weekend in August, but again, it’s not happening this year.

A Galliano man was found in Bayou LaFourche yesterday bound in rope. LaFourche Parish Sheriff’s office spokesperson, Lt. Brennan Matherne, says a local firefighter responded to the call, and jumped into the bayou in an attempt to save 69-year-old Terry Angelle, only to discover the body was visibly decomposing.,,,
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Matherne says they have classified Angelle’s death as suspicious.