Four people have been arrested for their roles in the fatal drive- by shooting of a 65-year-old Lake Charles woman. Two juveniles and two adults were taken into custody yesterday and the search continues for one more person. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff-elect Stitch Guillory says multiple rounds were fired from the vehicle and one of the bullets struck Annette Touvelll…

Cut 9 (08) “…bullets came through.” 

18-year-old Jordan Jones of Lake Charles has been charged with second-degree murder

Governor Jeff Landry has signed an executive order issuing a disaster declaration for the crawfish aquaculture industry. Landry says the declaration should result in federal assistance for farmers struggling to catch crawfish because of last year’s historic drought. Acadia Parish crawfish farmer Brent Lamm says it’s been rough…

Cut 12 (06)  “..surviving”  

Tragedies in Caddo and DeSoto Parishes have prompted the State Fire Marshal’s Office to urge Louisianans to have working smoke alarms. Colleen Crain has more…

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State Police say a double traffic fatality in Sabine Parish Tuesday night claimed the lives of 17 -year-old-Sylvonte Aldredge and Elijah Cundiff, both of Many. Troopers say another vehicle tried to overtake the victim’s vehicle and that driver failed to yield on Highway 6. Toxicology samples of the other driver were taken and it remains under investigation.

Baton Rouge Representative Dixon McMakin wants to make it a crime to live stream illegal activities. He says the proposal would have to identify the difference between a recording in real-time and a pre-recorded video.

Cut 8 (12) “…was live.” 

Lafayette Police have arrested a male teen in connection with a carjacking and high speed chase which slammed into a police vehicle in Acadia Parish.  When law enforcement located the vehicle, Lieutenant Jace Quebedeaux says the driver led police on two high speed chases across Lafayette and Acadia Parishes. During the pursuit in Crowley…

Cut 4 (12) “…a ditch.” 

The subject fled from the vehicle and a foot pursuit began. Quebedeaux says officers arrested a male teen. And following the search of the vehicle.

After the high-profile case where the man accused of poisoning his wife with an abortion pill in Texas and was only sentenced to 6 months, the brother of the victim is calling for stiffer penalties here in Louisiana

Cut 1 (32) “…I’m Brooke Thorington.”

LSU Men’s basketball will play their final road game tonight as they face off against Arkansas. The Tigers have already defeated the Razorbacks this season 95 to 74 and a major reason for the 21 point victory was holding Arkansas senior guard Khalif Battle to 0 points. After averaging 37 points over the last three games, LSU Head Coach Matt McMahon says that there is no doubt in his mind that Battle is a special player.

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The game will tip off at 6 pm

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The New Orleans Pelicans had a very successful game against the Raptors last night winning 139 to 98. The Pelicans victory saw the team shooting almost 50 percent from the three point line and Trey Murphy the third had a season high 34 points for New Orleans.

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And in college basketball news, ULM’s season has come to an end as the War Hawks lost to Coastal Carolina in the first round of the Sun Belt Championship tournament 75 to 71.

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LSU Baseball will travel to face Southeastern tonight. The Lions look to be a promising team under first year head coach Bobby Barbier after going 9 and 4 to start this season including a win over eleventh ranked East Carolina and a 12 to 2 win over Alcorn State last night. LSU Head Coach Jay Johnson says that he’s excited for tonight’s matchup and environment.

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The first pitch will be on ESPN+ at 6 pm

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In other college baseball news, Tulane beat Nicholls last night 14 to 12, ULM beat Little Rock 11 to 1, and Louisiana Tech is still undefeated this season as the Bulldogs defeated Xavier of Ohio 11 to 3.

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And in women’s college basketball news, Angel Reese was voted the SEC player of the year; as the Lady Tigers earned many honors at the SEC’s postseason awards.

One juvenile male has been arrested and another suspect is on the run following a carjacking which slammed into a police vehicle in Lafayette on Tuesday. Lafayette Police Lieutenant Jace Quebedeaux says the carjacking happened when the victim was returning home.

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After his sister in Texas was poisoned by her soon-to-be ex-husband who used an abortion-inducing medication and was only sentenced to 180 days in Texas, Shreveport Senator Thomas Pressly is introducing legislation to change that in Louisiana. He says people who do something like this should be held accountable.

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The bill is referred to as the Abortion by Fraud Criminalization Act.

Representative Dixon McMakin says more people are live streaming criminal behavior from minor misdemeanors to serious felonies for attention and gratification. And he says those who record criminal behavior to become famous should be held responsible.

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Decades-long stalls in projects that could have provided significant protection from storms and floods in Louisiana may finally be completed says U. S. Congressman Garret Graves. He says delays tripled projected costs because of inflation and supply chain issues but $575 million in reallocated funds have been secured to finish construction of the Comite project and provide funds for the West Shore project…

Cut 10 (08) “…really excited.”

After his sister in Texas was poisoned by her husband who used an abortion-inducing medication and was only sentenced to 180 days. Shreveport Senator Thomas Pressly is introducing legislation for stiff penalties for such a crime. Louisiana already has penalties against physicians who perform abortions and Pressly says he wants to go a step further for domestic situations like his sister’s.

Cut 6 (09) “…sentence to.”

He’s proposing five to ten years.

Legislation to ban live streaming illegal activities on social media has been filed by Representative Dixon McMakin.  Current law prohibits posting images or videos, but his proposal extends to recording crimes in real time. He says they would have to identify the difference between a recording in real-time and a pre-taped.

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Congressman Garret Graves says a project that could have provided significant protection from floods in Louisiana may finally be completed. He says The Comite project creates a 12-mile New River connecting the Amite/Comite Basin to the Mississippi to provide relief for East Baton Rouge, Ascension, and Livingston Parishes…

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Former state representative and current assistant Commissioner of the Office of Motor Vehicles, Austin Badon, has announced he’s now a Black Republican. Badon says he was a conservative Democrat when serving in state legislature, but he believes the Republican Party better represents his views…

Cut 15 (09) “…better alignment.”
Badon also says he is a pro-life Catholic.

A Texas attorney received a 180-day jail sentence for slipping his now estranged wife with abortion inducing medication and the brother of the victim says that’s way to light of a punishment…
cut 5 (04) “…not just”
That’s Shreveport Senator Thomas Pressly, who has authored a bill that would punish a person for doing a similar thing in Louisiana for at least

Former New Orleans Representative and the current Assistant to the Commissioner of the Office of Motor Vehicles, Austin Badon, has switched political parties making him one of the state’s newest Black Republicans. When asked if Governor Jeff Landry asked him to join the GOP…
Cut 13 (09) “…at all.”
But Badon says he did text Landry and let me know that he changed parties.

The driving factor to why he chose to leave the Democratic Party, Badon says was the immigration issue at the Texas border.

After decades of delays, major flood projects for the Baton Rouge and New Orleans areas are close to receiving funding from Congress…
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The U-S House is expected to approve this funding this week

Congressman Clay Higgins has announced another 14-million dollars for hurricane Laura recovery efforts. Eight million dollars will go to Jefferson Davis Electric Co-op for permanent repairs to a substation, Jefferson-Davis will get another four million for permanent restoration of their north power distribution system and one million dollars will go towards repairs at College Oaks Elementary School in Lake Charles.

A Texas attorney was sentenced to 180 days in prison for slipping abortion medication to his now estranged wife. Brooke Thorington reports the brother of the victim is calling for stiffer penalties here in Louisiana
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Governor Jeff Landry signed eleven bills into law yesterday that were approved in the crime special session, including legislation that gives the state additional options to carry out an execution and also parole will no longer be an option for most criminals. Landry will have another bill signing ceremony this afternoon in New Orleans.

Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves says an appropriations bill that will be voted on later this week contains 575-million dollars for two major flood control projects in southeast Louisiana, one for the Baton Rouge area and the other for the West Shore project that would protect St. John, St. Charles and Saint James parishes from flooding from Lake Pontchartrain…
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Former state representative and current assistant commissioner at the Office of Motor Vehicles, Austin Badon, is the state’s newest Black Republican. Badon says the immigration issue at the Texas border drove him to leave the Democratic Party…
cut 14 (08) “….many years”
He says the Republican Party has welcomed him with open arms and he even received a call from Congressman Steve Scalise.

The U-S House is expected to approve later this week an appropriations bill that contains 575 million dollars to finish construction on major flood projects in the Baton Rouge and New Orleans areas. Congressman Garret Graves says this ensures the Comite Project is fully funded and it gets them closer to fully funding the West Shore Project which protects the river parishes from flooding….
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Former state representative and current assistant Commissioner of the Office of Motor Vehicles, Austin Badon, has announced he’s now a Black Republican. Badon says he was a conservative Democrat when serving in state legislature, but he believes the Republican Party better represents his views…
cut 15 (09) “…better alignment”
Badon also says he is a pro-life Catholic.

A freshman state lawmaker wants to make it a crime to livestream illegal activities on social media platforms…
cut 2 (29) “….I’m Teiko Foxx”

An officer involved shooting in Lafayette Parish has resulted in the arrest of 30-year-old Michael Brumley of Scott. State Police say Scott Police officers responded to a domestic disturbance on Saturday when they encountered Brumley who was armed with a knife. L-S-P says a Taser gun was not effective against Brumley and a second officer fired his weapon. Brumley was released from the hospital and booked into jail yesterday.

The countdown is on to the regular session which starts next week. Here are a couple bills that will be discussed. Baton Rouge Representative Dixon McMakin wants to make it a crime to live stream illegal activities…
cut 7 (08) “…..prevent that’
So if a person live streams a theft, murder, sexual assault, they could be charged with either principal or accessory to a crime.

Shreveport Senator Thomas Pressly has filed the Abortion by Fraud Criminalization Act. Pressly says it’s in response to his sister who was poisoned by her husband with abortion-inducing medication. Mason Herring was sentenced to 180-days in a Texas jail and Pressly wants to make sure Louisiana’s law has stronger penalties…
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Louisiana Right to Life is in support of the legislation.

After decades of delays, major flood projects for the Baton Rouge area and the New Orleans area are close to receiving funding from Congress…
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The U-S House is expected to approve this funding as part of a bill to avoid a federal government shutdown.