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CBC Manitoba's annual charity drive in support of Harvest Manitoba is running all day to help fill food banks and the cupboards of people around the province.

The body of a 45-year-old Alexandria man was found early Tuesday in the road in the 1500 block of Dallas Avenue, according to police.

The Louisiana Board of Pardons on Wednesday denied the appeal of a Cheneyville man who killed two people and slit the throats of a mom and her two sons back in 1993.

An East Baton Rouge court last week disqualified a New Orleans law firm from representing the Louisiana Board of Pardons as a result of conflict-of-interest allegations in an ongoing legal dispute over an effort to grant clemency to death-row inmates.

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has taken legal action against Governor John Bel Edwards, accusing him of disregarding the regulations set by the Board of Pardons. In a lawsuit filed on September 20th, Landry argued that the Governor's actions did not adhere to the proper eligibility and notice rules, timeliness requirements, and necessary steps of the process. The lawsuit specifically targeted the scheduling of Clemency hearings for 20 violent offenders who had previously been convic...

A 25-year-old man was found dead Tuesday night after a report of a shooting in Alexandria, according to police.

Rapides Parish District Attorney Phillip Terrell joined others Wednesday, seeking an injunction to stop clemency hearings set for next month.

At Gov. John Bel Edwards request, the Louisiana Board of Pardons has scheduled clemency hearings for 20 death row inmates seeking life imprisonment.

At Gov. John Bel Edwards request, the Louisiana Board of Pardons has scheduled clemency hearings for 20 death row inmates seeking life imprisonment.