A jury recommends the death penalty for the gunman in a 2015 shooting death of a state trooper in Calcasieu Parish. Matt Doyle has the story.
New details released by the East Baton Rouge Coroner’s Office Monday suggest beloved Baton Rouge activist 75-year-old Sadie Roberts-Joseph, whose body was found in the trunk of her own vehicle Friday, died by asphyxiation. Despite the storm, detectives spent the weekend chasing possible leads and conducting interviews. Investigators still have no possible suspects nor a motive in the killing.
People around Louisiana are surveying the aftermath of Hurricane Barry today. Many are feeling they dodged a bullet. The main issue facing homes and businesses is power outages. Cleco spokesperson Jennifer Cahill says Iberia Parish and St. Mary Parish were among the hardest hit with power outages.
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Cleco has about 17,000 still without power. Entergy has 24,000 customers without power.
Longtime Ruston Daily Leader sports editor Buddy Davis passed away over the weekend at the age of 72. Davis was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 2009 and enshrined into the Louisiana Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 2013. Louisiana Tech sports information director Malcolm Butler says David had the ability to make everyone feel like a hall of famer…