A grand jury has cleared a Terrebonne Parish deputy who shot and killed a teen-aged boy near an abandoned house near Houma last September. Carlos Lazarus, the First Assistant DA in Terrebonne, says Deputy Preston Norman shot 14 year-old Cameron Tillman after he pointed a gun at the officer, which turned out to be a pellet gun…
CUT 10 (10) Q: “cannot tell the difference”
The FBI is investigating.

One of the four Louisiana National Guard soliders, who was killed in a helicopter crash on March 10th near Pensacola, Florida, is laid to rest today in Alexandria. Louisiana National Guard Captain Kreg Stiles says Chief Warrant Officer 4 David Strother was a great man…
cut 12 (09) “him justice”
Strother leaves behind a wife and a son, a stepdaugther and mother.
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A Rapides Parish 5th grader has missed more than two weeks of school because his hair is too long, according to School Board policy. The parents of Ashton Bodifer say the rules are unfair and discriminatory and Louisiana ACLU Executive Director Marjorie Esman agrees…
CUT 7 (10) Q: “the victim”
But Esman says, because of previous court rulings in favor of school policies, the family has a hard road ahead.

Shreveport’s Independence Bowl finds itself, once again, without a sponsor. Duck Commander, who was the title sponsor of last year’s game, will not return as the title sponsor this year. Mayor Ollie Tyler says she is determined to help the I-Bowl foundation find a new sponsor…
CUT 3 (06) “us economically”