Author Archives: Jeff Palermo
House of Education rejects BESE's graduation appeals policy
The House Education Committee rejected BESE's graduation appeals policy in an eight to three vote on Thursday. The proposal would give seniors an appeals option if they do not pass the LEAP exit exam....
Oct 27, 2023 State Farm / CC
NSU cancels the remaining football season and Coach Laird resigns after former player's recent death
Northwestern State has canceled the remainder of their football season and head coach Brad Laird has resigned after Junior Safety Ronnie Caldwell was killed two weeks ago. In a Natchitoches Parish Jou...
Oct 26, 2023
Dr. Jim Henderson named the new president at Louisiana Tech
The University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors names Doctor Jim Henderson as the new president of the Louisiana Tech. Henderson will leave his job as U-L System president and he looks to buil...
Oct 26, 2023
DOTD: Interstate 55 southbound portion reopens after massive vehicle pileup
DOTD announced the southbound side of Interstate 55 in Saint John the Baptist Parish has reopened following the massive vehicle pileup involving 168 vehicles that killed at least eight people and inju...
Oct 26, 2023
Survivor of massive car pile-up describes the scene
Brandon Jolly was among the motorists involved in Monday morning's horrific car pile-up on Interstate 55 in St. John the Baptist Parish. Jolly said he was traveling south, and the fog intensified once...
Oct 26, 2023 Wreckage from October 23, 2023 massive car pile-up Interstate 55.
House Education Committee meets today to review graduation appeals policy
The House Education Committee will meet today to review the new graduation appeals policy approved by the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. The process provides seniors who fail t...
Oct 26, 2023 kellywritershouse / CC
Construction of Calcasieu River Bridge takes a detour
After the legislature's House Transportation committee rejected a plan that involved the use of tolls to partially fund a new $2.1 billion I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge, interim State Transportation Sec...
Oct 26, 2023 Patrick Feller / CC
Town of Benton excitement over House Speaker Mike Johnson
History was made for Louisiana on Wednesday when Congressman Mike Johnson of Benton was elected Speaker of the House making him the first from the state of Louisiana. Benton Mayor, Shelly Horton, said...
Oct 25, 2023 Speaker Mike Johnson October 24, 2023.
Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson elected as U.S. House Speaker
History is made as Congressman Mike Johnson from Benton is the first Speaker of the House from Louisiana. Johnson, who announced his candidacy on Saturday, received 220 votes, three more than he neede...
Oct 25, 2023
Governor-Elect Jeff Landry announces transition chairs. Transition headquarters are at U-L Lafayette
Former Congressman Ralph Abraham and influential Republican businessmen Lane Grigsby and Eddie Rispone were announced today as transition chairs for Governor-elect Jeff Landry's transition team. Landr...
Oct 25, 2023
