A global tech giant will keep its headquarters in Monroe through 2025. Matt Doyle has more.
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The USA Today Network reports Louisiana House Speaker Taylor Barras is recovering after falling from a ladder while trimming trees at his Acadiana home last weekend. Barras suffered a broken right wrist and fractured right arm and is consulting with his doctor to determine whether surgery will be needed.

Drivers involved in auto or boating accidents that result in serious bodily injury would be required to undergo a mandatory drug test under legislation set to be heard in the upcoming regular session. Bossier City Representative Raymond Crews says he filed the bill, because a four-year-old girl was killed in his district by a driver who ran a red light. Crews says the child’s mother will testify when the bill is heard…
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Under current law, toxiocology tests only occur when there’s a fatality.

Lafourche Parish Sheriff deputies arrested a Cut Off man accused of stealing thousands from a youth baseball league. 40-year-old Blaine Curole was the president of the league from 2015 until 2017. Lt. Brennan Matherne says when Curole turned over financial records to the league’s board when leaving, there were discrepancies on much of the spending.
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Matherne says the league directors and law enforcement gave Curole a chance to show where the money went, but after he refused to, they had no choice but to arrest him.