22-year-old Holden Matthews pleads guilty in federal and district court to burning down three historically black churches in St. Landry Parish, a hate crime that shocked the nation last spring. The federal charges include using fire to commit a federal felony and violating the Church Arson Prevention Act, and he faces a minimum of ten years and a maximum of 70 years in prison on the federal charges alone.
We’re up to 12 cases in the LSU centered mumps outbreak that was first made public with five cases reported last week. State Immunization Director Dr. Frank Welch says all students need to receive both doses of the MMR vaccine to protect against further spread, along with the usual…
Mumps feels like a particularly nasty cold, and also involves visible swelling of the salivary glands, and it can take up to three weeks after you are infected to show symptoms.
The northern half of the state is under a flash flood watch until Wednesday night as moisture and upper-level disturbances are expected to interact with a cold front to produce locally heavy rainfall. National Weather Service Shreveport Meteorologist Jason Hansford says several inches of rain will fall over the next few days…
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There’s also a slight risk for severe weather for central and northeast Louisiana today.
A gallon of gas is down five cents from last week to 2.11, but it’s still about 12 cents higher than this time last year, but AAA fuel analyst Don Redman says the dropping trend may not last much longer.