 BY DEANNA B. NARVESON | Staff writer Five days after at least one tornado and severe weather crashed south Louisiana, power was mostly back Monday but cleanup is still underway. Gov. Jeff Landry spent the day surveilling the damage wreaked by the storms in in East and West Feliciana parishes before taking a helicopter down to Slidell where high winds and another tornado ravaged hundreds of homes. Read more about the fallout from the April 10 severe weather here.
Why is it so difficult to prosecute cases human trafficking? The recent arrest of 28-year-old Kevontae Reed, a man whose rap sheet includes repeated accusations of sex crimes involving minors, exemplifies the difficulty in prosecuting human trafficking. Witnesses are often nervous to testify, meaning attorneys must painstakingly sift through text messages, photos, social media accounts and other information to build a case. Traffickers prey on vulnerable youth, who don'y have strong support systems, and the relationships between between traffickers and their victims are complex. Read the full story here.
In case you missed it, four ongoing road projects in Baton Rouge are likely be the source of your commuting headaches for the next several months. See the map here. | 
