Work on widening and improving portions of I-12 is scheduled to begin before the end of the year. Kevin Barnhart has the story…
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Deputies in East Baton Rouge Parish arrest an assistant football coach for soliciting nude photos from two male students. 20-yr-old Taylor Wilson reportedly confessed to deputies he’s made the lewd requests via Snapchat. The two students refused to comply and reported him. He’s been booked and released from parish jail on a 50-thousand dollar bond.
The House Judiciary Committee meets again this morning to review articles of impeachment drafted this weekend by Democrats. Impeachment proceedings are beginning to move quickly, and Judiciary Committee member and Benton Congressman Mike Johnson says we could see a resolution soon.
Johnson says Republicans are being kept out of the loop on what to expect today, so no one is really sure how Democrats will approach crafting the articles.
Police in New Orleans are investigating two fatal shootings that occurred within hours of each other in the 7th Ward neighborhood. Just before midnight an 18-yr-old woman was shot and killed on Rocheblave street. Three hours earlier, one man was killed and three wounded in a gunfight outside a neighborhood bar.
Folks in Monroe are mourning the passing of longtime KNOE investigative reporter Ken Booth. Booth died after a long battle with lung cancer. For about 25 years he was a fixture on KNOE, channel 8, doing award-winning investigative journalism.