A statewide business summit is underway in Baton Rouge. Kevin Barnhart on what business leaders are discussing…
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The group, Take Em Down NOLA, is asking the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club to stop wearing back face paint during the Zulu Parade on Fat Tuesday. But Zulu leaders have said the face paint will not come off as the black makeup was never intended to insult or degrade African-Americans.

A task force recommends Louisiana should allow foster kids to stay in the system through the age of 21, instead of 18. State Department of Children and Family Services Secretary Marketa Garner Walters says it would cost an additional three-million dollars to do so. Walters says it’s a wise investment and hopes legislators will go for the idea, especially since the state budget doesn’t look as bad as previous years…
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28 states have increased the foster age to 21.

A Ville Platte man is under arrest after he allegedly beat an elderly disabled vet at a gas station. Deputy Chief Eddie Thibodaux, with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s office, says 29- year-old Kenneth Shergold is accused of approaching the victim from behind and for no apparent reason, struck him numerous times in the head, back, and body with a tire iron.
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There is no motive to the attack.