A Boyce man who tortured and murdered an 18-month-old child has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Jaymes L. Harris, 25, was found guilty of second-degree murder and obstruction of justice.
A Baptist minister says he’s making a run for governor in the 2015 gubernatorial election.
The Rev. Jeremy Odom, a Democrat from Natchitoches, says he has enough support to get his name on the ballot for the election scheduled Nov. 3, 2015.
A University of New Orleans coed missing since Friday night was found Wednesday in her car submerged in Irish Bayou on the edge of Lake Ponchatrain.
Officials said her death was an accident.
Federal investigators are looking into several safety issues including occupant protection, tire failure, the road and even what affect a median barrier would have had in the collision of a school bus and sport utility vehicle that killed four people Feb. 15.
A Zachary woman has been arrested for allegedly defrauding the state’s Medicaid program of thousands of dollars and laundering more than $100,000 through her Baton Rouge-based personal care agency.
