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• La. governor opposes bill that would charge mother with murder after an abortion

  May 11, 2022 2:43 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Governor John Bel Edwards said he is against a proposal to charge women in Louisiana with murder if they followed through with an abortion. The governor spoke publicly Wednesday on HB 813, which is scheduled to go to the House floor for debate on Thursday, calling... more »

• Judge sides with governor in legal fight over Central pastor's coronavirus violations

  January 25, 2021 7:07 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A judge has denied a local pastor's attempt to have criminal complaints filed against him tossed after he flagrantly refused to obey Louisiana's stay-at-home order during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, Judge Eboni Johnson-Rose in East Baton Rouge ruled that Governor Edwards... more »

• Man sentenced to life in prison for 2015 Thanksgiving murder

  February 10, 2020 6:32 PM

  PLAQUEMINE - A judge sentenced a man to life in prison plus 20 years for his involvement in a murder nearly five years ago. Jerome Gray was convicted for Second Degree Murder back in 2019 after killing Derick Askins on Thanksgiving day in 2015. You can read about the... more »

• 16-year-old saves customer's life on second day working at restaurant

  July 8, 2017 6:47 PM

  CINCINNATI, Ohio - A teenager is being hailed a hero after saving a customer's life on his second day working at a restaurant in Ohio. In late June, 16-year-old Austin Goddard, a dishwasher at Skyline Chili, administered CPR to a 74-year-old who had collapsed during his meal. "I... more »

• Report: Man sentenced to life for New Orleans mall shooting

  May 18, 2017 1:26 PM

  NEW ORLEANS – A man has been sentenced to life in prison for a fatal shooting that took place in 2014 at the Oakwood Mall in New Orleans, WWL reports. According to the Jefferson Parish District Attorney's Office, 28-year-old Gary Francois was sentenced to life in prison for charges... more »

• Still no second chance for juvenile Baton Rouge killer Play Video

  April 19, 2017 2:18 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Family on both sides of a 2005 murder case had to sit through a second sentencing in a Baton Rouge courtroom Wednesday. Judge Richard Anderson told 28-year-old defendant Anthony Johnson "it doesn't appear the defendant has changed much" since being convicted of a murder he committed at... more »

• Man sentenced to life in prison for Denham Springs murder

  March 29, 2017 5:49 PM

  DENHAM SPRINGS - A man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole after he was charged with a 2016 murder. According to District Attorney Scott Perrilloux, 25-year-old Brian Allen was charged with killing 24-year-old Derick Stewart in a shooting off of Pete's Highway south of Hwy. 190... more »

• Family reunited with team who saved son's life in flood Play Video

  December 21, 2016 6:49 PM

  BATON ROUGE – A mother and son were reunited Wednesday with the team of emergency officials that helped to save the boy's life in August's historic flooding. Jessica Michot needed help during the August flood in getting out of her home to get medicine for her medically fragile son,... more »

• Man's violent past leads to habitual offender status, life sentence Play Video

  May 10, 2016 10:11 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A woman told News 2, the system failed her son after he was sentenced to life in prison for being a habitual offender. In court Tuesday, we learned more about Donald Dickerson's violent past. In the more than two hour sentencing hearing Tuesday, Dickerson's defense attorney... more »