 BY VICKI FERSTEL | Staff writer Is the new congressional District 6 in Louisiana legal? The U.S. Supreme Court will take up the issue but not before the next election. District 6, currently represented by Republican Garret Graves, has been reconfigured to make it the state's second majority Black congressional district. As staff writer Mark Ballard notes, the legal issues involve separating voters into districts on the basis of race and requirements that minority-majority districts be geographically compact and politically cohesive. Read the details here.
That's a lot of candle power. A collision early Sunday involving four 18-wheelers and a passenger car resulted in the scattering of 40,000 pounds of candles on Interstate 10 near Port Allen. Traffic was diverted to Lobdell Highway after the westbound lanes were closed for some 10 hours Sunday.
Congratulations to Angel Reese, who set a WNBA record on Sunday. Reese, the Chicago Sky rookie and former LSU star, is the first WNBA player to post a double-double in 10 consecutive games during a single season. Staff writer Reed Darcey has the story.
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