Five Amite residents are facing federal charges for allegedly torturing a 22-year-old autistic woman, forcing her to eat dog feces and drink her mother’s ashes. But LSU Health Science Center New Orleans Forensic Psychiatrist Graham Spruiell wants to caution the public against assuming the defendants are suffering from mental illness.
Cut 12 (12) “psychopathic”
Prosecutors say the woman was also locked in a six-foot-eight chicken cage.

Morning Consult conducted a poll of Louisiana residents from April to June and found that 49-percent approve of Governor John Bel Edwards performance. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says previous polls had Edwards rating higher. He blames the three special sessions…
cut 7 (07) “…decline”

Entergy customers can look to forward to lower bills in the near future…
Cut 1 (33) “I’m Kevin Barnhart”

Alexandria is playing host to all nine divisions of the Dixie Girls Softball World Series, which is estimated to bring in over five thousand visitors. The Alexandria/Pineville Area Convention & Visitors Bureau estimates the week-long event will have quite the economic impact to the area. CVB Executive Director, Sherry Ellington…
Cut 9 (08) “so that’s huge.”