Authorities say a Winn parish softball coach was fatally shot by his son after being questioned about returning home late. Teiko Foxx has more…
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With legislation to make tax incentives for the film industry permanent, a poll indicates there’s widespread support for them. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Baton Rouge Police have arrested three 19-year-old men in the murder of a pregnant woman and her unborn child early Sunday morning. Sgt. L’Jean McKneely says minutes before the shooting – the victim dropped off teens at a party in the area.
36-year-old Kerisha Johnson – who was nine months pregnant – heard gunfire in the area after dropping off the teens and returned to pick them up. McKneely says while Johnson was sitting in her vehicle waiting for the teens to come out of the party, the three suspects fired at her car.
McKneely says one of the shooters was injured by gunfire and was transported to a local hospital and was booked upon his release into Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
19-year-old Marques Porch, 19-year-old Gregory Parker, and 19-year-old Derrick Curry were charged with second-degree murder and first-degree feticide. The investigation is ongoing.
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The Winn Parish Sheriff is investigating a murder that claimed the life of a Calvin High School softball coach who was fatally shot by his son after an altercation Saturday. Sheriff Cranford Jordan (Jur-dan) says 51-year-old Kevin Chad Camp was pronounced dead on the scene.
Camp’s 17-year-old son – whose name has not been released – shot his father at a residence on LA 501 north of Calvin after an argument about returning home late. Jordan says this is an unfortunate incident-Camp was an upstanding individual.
Camp coached the Cougars to the 2022 LHSAA Class C state title with an 11-1 win over Harrisonburg in the title game. Calvin is scheduled to host Castor High in the opening round of the LHSAA Division 5 playoffs today. Jordan says the teenager has been charged with manslaughter in the death of his father.
The teenager is in custody of the Winn Parish Sheriff’s Office.
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Legislation to keep film tax incentives in place permanently in Louisiana will be heard in House Ways and Means tomorrow and a recent poll indicates 66 percent of residents are in favor of those incentives. Acting President of the Louisiana Film Entertainment Association Trey Burvant says they commissioned the JMC Analytics Poll of 600 residents.
The data indicates there is broad support for the Louisiana film industry.
The survey also found that 78 percent of those polled are more likely to watch a movie if it was filmed in Louisiana. Burvant says seeing familiar places on the screen gives viewers a sense of belonging and it also brings visitors to the state.
The poll also asked which industry is the most deserving of tax incentives. Healthcare was ranked first with 25 percent, followed by Agriculture and Seafood with 21 percent and the Film Industry ranked 3rd with 14 percent. Film incentives ranked higher than the petrochemical sector.
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Current Film Tax Incentives in Louisiana will sunset in 2025, House Bill 562, authored by House Speaker Clay Schexnayder’s, would remove the sunset date.
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Mandeville Representative Richard Nelson’s proposal to eliminate the state’s income tax is likely dead for the session. Nelson’s major tax reform idea is to phase out income taxes and replace the revenue lost by eliminating dozens of sales tax exemptions and lowering the homestead exemption. But Metairie Representative Laurie Schlegel says her constituents like the 75-thousand dollar homestead exemption
Nelson’s main argument for getting rid of the state’s income tax is that it will make Louisiana a more attractive state to businesses and people. He believes it would stop the brain drain…
Nelson also proposes to do away with ITEP, a lucrative property tax break that manufacturers can receive. But Sulphur Representative Les Farnum says that tax break has helped out southwest Louisiana…
After discussing the legislation for about an hour, the proposal was tabled. Nelson who is running for governor, believes he would have a better chance at getting this tax reform effort passed if he was in the Governor’s Mansion.