The new year will host old issues for the Louisiana Legislature, starting with a state budget that is beginning to pull itself out of the muck, but may not be in the black for the 2014-2015 cycle.
A St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Deputy is on administrative leave, pending State Police investigation of her allegedly shooting her husband, a former Breaux Bridge policeman.
Jefferson Parish authorities continue their search for the gunman who killed an Iraq war vet as he dropped his children off at their grandmother’s house on New Year’s night.
Motorcyclists on opposite ends of the state died in holiday accidents.
State Police said a Baton Rouge man was killed Thursday afternoon when his bike was rear ended and caught fire, trapping him between two vehicles near Thibodaux.
Two Bunkie men died when a truck they were in left La. Highway 29 south of town, hit a utility pole and overturned.
State Police said Marvin B. Overbey, 42, and Gary W. Ogea, 50, were not wearing seat belts.
