Shreveport police are on the search for suspects responsible for the shooting death of one of their own officers. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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Isle De Jean Charles in south Terrebonne Parish has lost 98% of its landmass since 1955, and now the state is helping to relocate the community that lives there. The state bought a 515 acre section of land, currently being used for sugar cane, to resettle the community that will lose their homes due to coastal erosion. Office of Community executive director Pat Forbes says most of the residents are on board with the relocation.
Georgia-Pacific will be laying off at least 650 workers in March from its Port Hudson paper facility, in a major blow to the North Baton Rouge economy. Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow says with more and more people going digital, and sending correspondence through email and text, the need for traditional paper that the facility specialized in has diminished.
A Bossier City mother and daughter are dead after an overnight double homicide shooting allegedly by the daughter’s boyfriend. 22-year-old Shandrell and 40-year-old Maeisha Simoneaux are believed to have been murdered by the father of Shandrell’s two kids, 22-year-old Frederick Jackson, who has been arrested. Public Information Officer Traci Landry says the children were present at the time of the shooting.
Jackson has been booked into the Bossier City Jail on a 7.5 million dollar bail.