Governor Edwards says the state is putting an additional seven million dollars into prisoner rehabilitation and education programs. Edwards says Orleans Parish will receive the most money at two-million, followed by East Baton Rouge at 1-point-six million and Caddo is getting 912-thousand dollars…
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Edwards says the state saved 12-million dollars by reducing its prison population and 70-percent of the savings must be reinvested in the criminal justice system
The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday jumped to 970-million dollars today, which is the highest ever for the multi-state lottery game. Louisiana lottery spokesperson Dustin Annison says the Louisiana joined the Mega Millions multi-state lottery game in 2012 and there’s never been a Mega Millions grand prize ticket purchased in Louisiana…
The largest US lottery jackpot is one-point-six billion dollars, set by Powerball in 2016.
New research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety shows that when teen drivers have teen passengers, the fatality rate for all people involved in a crash increases by 51 percent. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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A wheelchair-bound man was killed on Highway 90 in Broussard early this morning. Initially reported as a bicycle accident, police responded and discovered the disable 37-year-old Ashton Hurst of Lafayette dead at the scene. Police Chief Brannon Decou asks the public not to cross highways.