| BY CHAD CALDER | Staff writer |
Upping the ante on juvenile offenders: District Attorney Jason Williams campaigned for office on a platform of not transferring juveniles to adult court, a pledge he scrapped in 2021, his first year in office. He has now requested the transfer of three times the number of teenagers that he did his first year in office, and he has done so almost as many times as his predecessor did in his last year in office. Jillian Kramer has the story. 'Change the locks': The City Council quashed Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s veto of an ordinance cutting off her access to the city-controlled apartment in Jackson Square, ending a perk that has been available to the city's mayors for years. Ben Myers has the details on what's next for the historic, second-floor apartment. Wildfires in Louisiana: Communities in western Louisiana are evacuating ahead of wildfires that have been burning for days in and around Beauregard Parish. Firefighters have struggle valiantly to contain the spreading fires, and Stephen Marcantel has this dispatch. Interested in environmental news? Sign up for our free newsletter, Louisiana Coastal Watch. Thank you for starting your day with Morning Headlines. See the latest news, sports and entertainment coverage at nola.com. Chad | 