The US-House has passed three bills by Louisiana Congressman Charles Boustany designed to address any controversial practices by the IRS on individuals and groups by the IRS, and to bring more transparency.

CUT 6 (09) “and accountability”

Boustany adds that Americans want higher ethics from the IRS. The bills still need to be approved by the Senate.

A McComb, Mississippi man is dead following a head-on collision with a garbage truck in East Feliciana Parish south of Clinton . Trooper Jared Sandifer says the dead man was identified as 23 year-old Cody Temple, and he was not wearing a seatbelt…
CUT 13 (08) Q: “just minor injuries”
Sandifer says they are investigating any other possible causes of the crash at this time.

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Shreveport Police have arrested a man for allegedly beating a 5 year-old child so badly with a belt, he had to be hospitalized from his injuries. Corporal Marcus Hines reminds everyone there is no crime is discipling your child…

CUT 5 (09) Q: “for that here”

Twenty-three year old Frank Butler was arrested yesterday afternoon.

A federal report says Louisiana’s prison population fell two-percent last year, but the state still has the highest incarceration rate in the US. Doctor Peter Scharf, with the Justice and Public health institute at the LSU Health Science Center, says there’s a major effort to lower the prison population, but it will take time…

CUT 9 (07) “….got involved”

He says the mindset on how to punish criminals is changing, which is progress.