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A Christmas night domestic dispute between two men in Madisonville leaves one dead and his romantic partner in jail facing a manslaughter charge. St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Capt. Scott Lee says the suspect, 57-year-old Harry Cleland claims he fired multiple shots at the victim after the victim threatened him with a machete.

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Cleland called 911 after firing multiple shots at the victim.

The FBI is now involved in the investigation into a string of church vandalisms in Crowley after the perpetrator strikes again Christmas Eve. A Deacon reported someone had thrown two bricks through the front glass door at Jerusalem Baptist Church Christmas Eve Morning as he was heading in to prepare for services. Police Chief Jimmy Broussard says it’s incredibly offensive.

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Staying healthy and sticking to a budget are some resolutions people make for the new year, Brooke Thorington spoke with a local physician to get some tips on how you can get a head start.

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The ACLU is asking the US Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision allowing a Baton Rouge Police Officer to proceed with a lawsuit against DeRay Mckesson, an organizer of the Black Lives Matter protest marches that broke after the Alton Sterling shooting in 2016. The unnamed officer was injured by an object thrown by a protester, and while the suite confirms that Mckesson was not the one who threw the object, it holds him liable for the circumstances that led to the injury.