A Caddo Parish Grand Jury returns indictments against four Shreveport Police officers in connections with the April death of Tommie McGlothen, Jr. Treona McCarter, Brian Ross, D’Marea Johnson, and James LeClare are charged with negligent homicide malfeasance in the death of McGlothen. Substantial factors in 44-year-old McGlothen’s death included spent 48 minutes in the back of a police cruiser, largely unsupervised and without medical attention following an arrest involving excessive force, and excited delirium.
Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin warns under the election plan the state was ordered to adopt by a federal judge it is unlikely we will know the full results of the November 3rd election until the next day. The order calls for Louisiana to adopt the election plan used in the summer. Ardoin says that will likely mean a significant increase in absentee ballots.
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The summer plan allowed people to request absentee ballots if they or someone in their household were high-risk COVID individuals, or if they were diagnosed with, or feeling symptoms of COVID-19.
A Tropical Depression in the southern Gulf of Mexico is close to tropical storm strength and there’s a chance it could become a hurricane late Sunday night, early Monday morning. Once it reaches tropical storm strength, it will be called Tropical Storm Beta as we’ve reached the Greek Alphabet for named storms. National Weather Service Meteorologist Donald Jones says the winds in the central Gulf of Mexico that would direct the storm are very weak…
August revenues for Louisiana’s riverboat casinos and one land-based casino were down 31% compared to August 2019. Every casino took in less money than August 2019 with only one taking in more than July 2020, El Dorado Resort in Shreveport. Louisiana Casino Association executive director Wade Duty says moving Phase Three really didn’t move numbers into the green either, as Phase Two restrictions remained in place for casinos.