Former four-term governor Edwin Edwards is hospitalized after an extreme blood sugar drop that left him unresponsive. Edwards was rushed to Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge. His biographer, Leo Honeycutt, says Edwards is doing much better now and is actually joking around with family and friends.

The State Treasurer unveils a new transparency tool that lets residents track state construction spending, and state debt levels. Matt Doyle has more…
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Lafayette Police have charged a 17-year-old boy with negligent homicide in the shooting death of a 16-year-old girl. Corporal Bridgette Dugas says it appears the shooting was not intentional and it’s not the first time this year a lack of gun safety led to a death…
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Police have not released any details on what was happening when the gun went off.

A person of interest in a murder in the town of Franklin was arrested yesterday afternoon after a lengthy standoff on Interstate 10. State Police Trooper Derek Senegal says 36-year-old Trinity Coleman of Franklin was spotted in Acadia Parish and then a high-speed chase ended in Jefferson Davis Parish…
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No word on if Coleman has charged with the murder in Franklin.