 | By DREW BROACH | Staff writer |
Welcome to the weekend, readers. Here are some of today's top stories.
John Honore’s penalty, for killing 73-year-old Linda Frickey in a barbarous Mid-City New Orleans carjacking, was a fait accompli: Life in prison was the only option allowed by law. Before the judge issued it, however, she heard stirring testimony from relatives of both victim and defendant.
The board overseeing hunting and fishing in Louisiana has elected its first Black leader, a lawyer and longtime outdoorsman who hopes to represent people like him who grew up fishing from the banks of bayous rather than Bayliners.
More than 24 hours before subfreezing weather arrives in Louisiana, Gov. Jeff Landry declared a state emergency. Here’s what that means.
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