The Senate approved tort reform bill that supporters say will lower auto insurance premiums is receiving a hearing in the House Civil Law Committee. Democrats are skeptical, but the bill’s author River Ridge Senator Kirk Talbot says there’s wording in the legislation that requires insurance companies to reduce rates by 10-percent
33-year-old State Police Trooper George Baker dies of injuries caused by a Hammond Police vehicle that struck him last week while pursuing a fleeing suspect. Baker was reportedly picking up devices laid out to deflate the suspect’s tires when he was hit. State Police Trooper Jeremy Price says Baker was a model trooper who continues to serve his community even in death by donating his organs.
Baker spent eight years in the Marine reserves where he served one combat deployment in the Middle East.
Legislation that would allow concealed handgun permit owners to bring a gun into a place of worship, if a pastor, priest or rabbi approves is awaiting debate in the Senate…
A Memorial Day graduation party in Lake Charles nearly ended in a fatal tragedy after a gunman opened fire. Nearly 200 students were reportedly in attendance at the event and three were grazed by bullets, while three others non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. A suspect is in the hospital and two others are being sought.