The Louisiana House approves legislation that would prohibit gender based abortions. The bill’s author, Houma Representative Lenar Whitney, says there have been no documented cases in Louisiana. But she cited an article from Forbes Magazine about pregnancies ending early in certain communities because the sex of the unborn child was a girl…
CUT 9 (08) Q: “her own life”
The bill passed 84-2, and it’s now on its way to the Senate.

One person is dead and another three injured after a pickup truck struck a school bus head-on in Beauregard Parish this morning. State Police Sgt. James Anderson says they have no idea why the truck crossed the median…:
CUT 14 (06) Q: “investigation”
The dead man is the passenger in the truck driven by Vernon Player. His victim is Terric Glover of Benton. There were no children on the bus.
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The bodies of a previously reported missing mother and her two children were found in a car in New Orleans East. NOPD says 25-year-old Michelle McCullum and her children, 5-year-old Caden and 3-year-old Cylie, were all found dead in an apparent murder-suicide. Police say they received a call from concerned family members about McCullum.

The Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office have made an arrest of a substitute teacher, who is charged with several counts of producing and possessing child porn, and carnal knowledge of a juvenile. Lt. Bill Davis says they have identified at least four female victims, aged 13-16.  26 year-old Christopher Kerr reportedly either exchanged nude photos and videos or had allegedly had sexual relations with the children…
CUT 4 (11) “have unidentified”