The U-S Supreme Court heard arguments today over whether Louisiana’s Congressional map with two majority Black districts is unconstitutional because race was allegedly the primary factor in drawing up the second Black majority district. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill (Merle) hopes the ruling will help states comply with the Voting Rights Act, while also not violating the 14th Amendment’s ban on drawing districts based on race…

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Donaldsonville will be the home of a 5.8 billion-dollar steel facility. Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chairman Chung Eui-sun says the company is making a commitment to American manufacturing with this plant.

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The new plant will anchor the RiverPlex MegaPark on the Westbank of the Mississippi River and bring in 13 hundred new jobs. Construction is expected to begin in the third quarter of next year.

The Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating the person or persons responsible for a mass shooting at trail ride event in Clarence on Saturday night that wounded four people, including two teenagers. Captain Tony Moran…

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Hearts are heavy in St. Tammany Parish as a sheriff’s deputy was killed in the line of duty over the weekend. 37-year-old Sergeant Grant Candies, the St. Tammany Deputy of the Year in 2023 was killed early Sunday morning while deploying a spike strip on Interstate 10. Lieutenant Suzanne (soo-ZAHN) Carboni says it was supposed to be a routine traffic stop.

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As Sergeant Candies was deploying the spike strip, the 17-year-old driver swerved and hit him instead, killing him. He was arrested in New Orleans after crashing into a police unit there. He faces several charges including first degree murder. Two other 17 year olds who were in the vehicle were also arrested and face charges.

Hyundai announces that it’s building a new manufacturing plant in Ascension Parish. The 5.8-billion-dollar plant in Donaldsonville will be Hyundai’s first steel facility in North America, and it will create more than 13-hundred direct jobs with an average salary of 95-thousand dollars a year. In an announcement at the White House, President Trump says the plant will bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S.

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Oral arguments have wrapped up at the U.S. Supreme Court in a challenge to the state’s new congressional map. The Louisiana Attorney General’s Office defended the map approved in 2024 that features two Black majority districts for the first time in decades. Solicitor General Ben Aguinaga (ah-gheen-YAH-gah) says they were told by federal judges that a second majority Black district is needed in Louisiana.

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The plaintiffs say the map violates the Equal Protection Clause, which says race cannot be the primary factor when drawing boundaries.

Hearts are heavy in St. Tammany Parish after a deputy sheriff is killed in the line of duty. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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Four people were shot during a trail ride event in Clarence last Saturday. The Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of gunfire at the event, which had over 1,000 attendees and only 4 private security guards. Captain Tony Moran says the suspect fled before law enforcement arrived and no arrests were made.

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The victims were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The 2023 deputy of the year at the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office was killed in the line of duty early Sunday morning while deploying a spike strip on I-10. A 17-year-old subject of a police pursuit swerved into 37-year-old Sergeant Grant Candies killing him. Lieutenant Suzanne (soo-ZAHN) Carboni says in 2023, Sergeant Candies saved two lives including a victim of a hit and run and an unresponsive woman with a history of opioid overdose.

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The 17-year-old driver who was apprehended after crashing into a police unit in New Orleans faces numerous charges, including first-degree murder.

Four people were shot during a trail ride event in Clarence last Saturday. The Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of gunfire at the event, which had over 1,000 attendees. Captain Tony Moran says upon arrival, deputies faced heavy traffic and located four victims with gunshot wounds.

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Moran says the suspect fled before law enforcement arrived and no arrests were made.

The Supreme Court heard arguments today on Louisiana’s Congressional map. Jeff Palermo has the story….

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It may soon be easier to penalize slow drivers traveling in the fast lane. Alexandria Senator Jay Luneau is filing legislation to crack down on people driving slow in the left-lane and causing a rolling roadblock. Luneau says the current law is hard to enforce…

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Governor Landry announced a major reorganization of GOHSEP. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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The first cataract surgery on an alligator in the US appears to have been successful for Audubon Zoo’s Victor, a rare blue-eyed white alligator. Zookeepers sought help from LSU’s Veterinary School, where ophthalmologist Dr. Renee Carter as Victor began struggling to see his food, following shadows and missing meals.

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The road to the Final Four begins Saturday night for the LSU women’s basketball team, who will host San Diego State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Lady Tigers won a national championship in 2023, but last year lost in the Elite Eight, one game short of playing in their second consecutive final four. Flau’jae Johnson remembers that horrible feeling…

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Johnson is now good to go after missing the SEC Tournament with a shin injury.

The 50th annual Louisiana Crawfish Festival returns to Chalmette through Sunday, offering food, fun, and live entertainment and Chairman Cisco Gonzales says there will be more crawfish than you will know what to do with.

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Eight bridges in Louisiana are among 68 across the country that the NTSB identified as being at an unknown level of risk of collapse if they should be struck by a vessel. Their report asked DOTD for the probability. Rodney Mallett with DOTD says there are warning systems in place.

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The bridges include the I-10 Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, I-210 in Lake Charles, the Crescent City Connection in New Orleans, the Huey P. Long in Jefferson Parish and the Sunshine Bridge in Donaldsonville.

Governor Landry announces a major restructuring of GOHSEP, placing the office under the National Guard and naming National Guard Brigadier General Jason Mahfouz as GOHSEP’s interim director, taking over for Jacques Thibodeaux, who Landry had appointed just last year. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat …

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Cataract surgery was performed for the first time in the U-S on an alligator at the Audubon Zoo. Sean Richardson has more.

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The McNeese Cowboys will look to make history again on Saturday as they will try to advance to the Sweet 16. The Pokes won their first NCAA Tournament game in program history on Thursday with an upset win over Clemson. Coach Will Wade says Thursday’s win was life altering…

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McNeese will play Purdue at 11:10 AM Saturday.

Governor Landry announces a major reorganization of GOHSEP. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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Eight Louisiana bridges have been flagged as having an “unknown level of risk of collapse” by the National Transportation Safety Board. The NTSB asked the Department of Transportation to let them know of the probability of collapse. Rodney Mallett with DOTD says they will begin reviewing bridges immediately.

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The road to the Final Four begins Saturday night for the LSU women’s basketball team, who will host San Diego State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Lady Tigers won a national championship in 2023, but last year lost in the Elite Eight, one game short of playing in their second consecutive final four. Flau’jae Johnson remembers that horrible feeling…

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LSU Veterinary School was the site of the first alligator cataract surgery in the U.S. Veterinary Ophthalmologist Dr. Renee Carter performed the surgery on Victor, Audubon Zoo’s rare blue-eyed white alligator last month. Dr. Carter says this surgery was a whole new challenge.

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A St. Tammany Parish school teacher was arrested for allegedly paying students to send him sexually explicit photos. STPSO Lieutenant Suzanne Carboni says the investigation began last October.

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Carboni says detectives found even more sexually disturbing images in Harry’s possession. Harry faces 142 counts of pornography including juveniles, 60 counts of computer-aided solicitation involving a minor, and 120 counts of prohibited sexual contact of an educator with a student.

It’s the beginning of the end for the U.S. Department of Education as President Trump signs an executive order. The dissolution will require Congressional approval. House Majority Leader and Metairie representative, Steve Scalise…

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Today is not the day you want to have outdoor fire. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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The deadline to get the REAL ID so you can fly domestically without the need of a passport is May seventh.  Matt Boudreaux with the Office of Motor Vehicles says to help people meet that deadline, the OMV opened select offices last Saturday.

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Offices in New Orleans, Bossier, Monroe, Shreveport and Winnsboro will be open.

Today, President Trump has started the process of dissolving the Department of Education with an executive order. The cut will require an act of Congress, and it has the support of House Majority Leader Steve Scalise. The Metairie representative says the federal government has not gotten a good return on the money that it’s spent on education since 1979, when the department was established.

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11 people working at the Port of Lake Charles were arrested last week because they allegedly lacked permanent legal status to be in the United States. Louisiana State Police and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement made the arrests and say they resulted from an investigation into “illegal hiring of unauthorized workers,” Those arrested were from Mexico, Ecuador, and Nicaragua and were employed by contractors or tenants working at the Port of Lake Charles and not employed by the port.

A Mandeville-area teacher was arrested for allegedly receiving sexually explicit photos from his students. Sean Richardson has more.

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Baton Rouge Police have made an arrest in the fatal shooting of a hospital worker who was gunned down after leaving work. Lieutenant L’Jean McKneely says 60-year-old Roland Domino shot 58-year-old Patricia Jackson in the parking lot outside of Our Lady of the Lake Hospital yesterday afternoon. McKneely says it was a domestic violence incident…

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A St. Tammany Parish school teacher is arrested and faces 142 counts of pornography including juvenile, 60 counts of computer-aided solicitation involving a minor, and 120 counts of prohibited sexual contact of an educator with a student. STPSO Lt. Suzanne Carboni says Jarvis Harry was in arrested in Tangipahoa Parish last week while on leave and detectives found disturbing images in Harry’s possession.

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Baton Rouge Police have made an arrest and say yesterday’s fatal shooting of an employer of Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center was a domestic violence incident. Patricia Jackson was gunned down in the parking lot as she was leaving work. Lieutenant L’Jean McKneely says Roland Domino was located on the Mississippi River Bridge as he was contemplating suicide….

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Today, President Trump signed an executive order to begin the process of dissolving the U.S. Department of Education. Congressional approval will be needed, and the move has the support of House Majority Leader Steve Scalise. The Metairie representative says he favors moving control of education to the states.

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Scalise says the federal government has not gotten a good return on the money that it’s spent on education since 1979, when the Department of Education was established.

A red flag warning is in effect for central and south Louisiana, as the region deals with low humidity and high winds. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says dewpoint temperatures are what areas like Phoenix would expect, not Louisiana.

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Baton Rouge Police arrested the man they say fatally shot an employee of Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center in OLOL’s parking lot yesterday. Lt. L’Jean McKneely says officers arrested 60-year-old Roland Domino on the Mississippi River Bridge as he was contemplating suicide. The victim, 58-year-old Patricia Jackson died at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital despite the best-efforts emergency room doctors. President of Our Lady of the Lake, Chuck Spicer …

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St. Tammany Parish school teacher, Jarvis Harry has been arrested for allegedly paying students to send him sexually explicit photos. STPSO Lt. Suzanne Carboni says some of the students in the photos have been identified…

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The number is 985-898-2338

Those of you in South Louisiana planning on starting a bonfire today, meteorologists have one word of advice for you – don’t. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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It’s the beginning of the end for the U.S. Department of Education as President Trump signs an executive order. The dissolution will require Congressional approval. House Majority Leader and Metairie representative, Steve Scalise…

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