 BY MATTHEW ALBRIGHT | Staff writer A judge has rejected an attempt to split off a new City of St. George. It's a giant development in one of the most important local court cases in recent memory, but the case isn't over — St. George organizers have promised to appeal. This story explains the judge's ruling and what it means for the parish.
Yesterday, gunfire erupted at a Louisiana high school graduation for the second time in as many weeks. It sent a crowd of graduates and family scattering and left a grandmother of 15 dead. Gov. John Bel Edwards said the two shootings should spur Louisiana to put tougher background checks in place to get guns.
Can a lawsuit push a religious leader out of their congregation? A case of a Buddhist abbot at a Baton Rouge temple has raised that question. He's accused of impregnating a nun, then sending her back to Vietnam, among other allegations. Here's what the lawsuit claims about the monk — and its potential larger implications.
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