
60 registered sex offenders in Baton Rouge area arrested in "Operation Restricted Domain"
Attorney General Liz Murrill announces that 60 registered sex offenders in the greater Baton Rouge area have been arrested as part of a major internet sex crimes operation called "Operation Restricted Domain." Murrill says these offenders violated sex offender registration laws and engaged in unlawful online ...
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Louisianians vote "NO" on all five proposed constitutional amendments
For the second year in a row, voters said no to every constitutional amendment on the ballot by a wide margin. All five amendments failed by a minimum of 16 points, with the one to remove certain employees from the civil service division failing by a whopping 56 points. Melinda Deslatte with the Public Affairs Research...
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Bill Cassidy to weigh career options in wake of defeat in 2026 Louisiana Senate Republican Primary
Republican Bill Cassidy's third-place finish in Saturday's Senate Republican Primary likely means the end of his political career. The 68-year-old from Baton Rouge failed to make the run-off as he was seeking a third term in the U.S. Senate. UNO political science professor Ed Chervenak is not surprised Cassidy finished...
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Lafayette woman arrested for negligent homicide in connection with bathtub drowning of 3-year-old
Tragedy in Lafayette over the weekend, as a toddler drowns in a bathtub and the woman who was in charge of caring for him is arrested. Lafayette Police Senior Corporal Ken Handy says officers found three-year-old Khaine Natto unresponsive inside the bathtub. "It was determined that the guardian had left the toddle...
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Louisiana legislature unanimously passes Bill 857, which prohibits co-mingling of imported and domestic shrimp
A bill seeking to crack down on a way to skirt Louisiana's seafood labeling laws is awaiting Governor Landry's signature. It's called co-mingling - mixing imported shrimp with domestically-caught shrimp and passing the whole lot off as domestic shrimp. Lafitte Representative Tim Kerner, who filed House Bill 857, says t...
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