Natchitoches Police have identified a suspect tied to a double homicide that took place Monday night at a home on Short Seventh Street. An arrest warrant has been issued for 21-year-old Jessie James Petite (pronounced P-T) Jr. Officer John Greely says upon arrival, they found three gunshot victims…
Cut 13 (06) “…with serious injuries.”
41-year-old Larry Batiste and 35-year-old Hiram Phillips, Jr. died from their injuries. A female victim is listed in severe condition.

A Lake Charles couple has been arrested for cruelty to a juvenile after they brought a three-year-old boy to a local hospital with injuries all over his body. Calcasieu Sheriff Tony Mancuso says the child is in critical condition and charges could be upgraded against 26-year-old Jessica Matthews and 26-year-old Tyler Laborde…
cut 12 (07) “….survive these injuries”
Investigators believe the child was beaten over an extended period fo time.

K-12 students will have a chance to learn a little more about their Louisiana musical heritage thanks to a new curriculum assembled by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. Vice President of Content Erin Greenwald says the course will show children the state has a unique and prolific musical culture…
Cut 7 (08) “… Louisiana.”
The current curriculum covers the roots of Jazz in New Orleans, but Greenwald says this will give teachers the option of showing their students a wide range of contributions.

The principal at W-D and Mary Baker Smith Career Center in Lafayette is facing drunk driving and hit and run charges. State Police say 55-year-old Ralph Thibodeaux crashed into three vehicles in Vermilion Parish and broke one of the wheels on his own vehicle. The Lafayette Parish School System says they are aware of the arrest and looking into it.