Author Archives: Jeff Palermo
Greater New Orleans Little League team representing the state in Southwest Region
Thursday afternoon the Greater New Orleans Little League team will take to the diamond in Waco, Texas in the Southwest Region of the Little League World Series. Coach Derek Anderson said it's the firs...
Jul 31, 2024
Child safety group director on child dying after being left in hot car: "Nobody believes this could happen to them."
A Baton Rouge infant has died after being left in a hot car all day Tuesday when his parents forgot to drop him off at daycare. Director of child safety group Kids & Car Safety Amber Rollins says ...
Jul 31, 2024 Aleksandr Popov / Unsplash
Brumley urges school leader to "recommit to assertive discipline action"
Superintendent of Education Dr. Cade Brumley urges school system leaders to quote "recommit to assertive discipline action," as the new school year begins. Recent legislation allows teachers to remove...
Jul 31, 2024 Louisiana State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley
Hearing on possible purchase of the Glenwood Regional Medical Center's operator postponed
A judge was expected to certify the transfer and bankruptcy proceedings of Steward Health Care, the operator of West Monroe's Glenwood Regional Medical Center, today but it's been pushed to August 13t...
Jul 31, 2024 Rep Michael Echols (R)
Senate overwhelmingly passes legislation to modernize children's data privacy laws
The Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act is heading to the House after passing the Senate on a 91-3 vote. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) says his legislation, nicknamed COPPA 2.0, upda...
Jul 30, 2024 Senator Bill Cassidy (R) - Louisiana
Congressman Higgins to serve on task force investigating assassination attempt of Trump
Southwest Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins will be serving on the bipartisan House Task Force investigating the assassination attempt of former President Trump. University of Louisiana Monroe politi...
Jul 30, 2024 Congressman Clay Higgins (R) represents Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District
Biden wants to reform SCOTUS and limit presidential immunity
President Biden revealed sweeping changes he'd like to enact for the US Supreme Court that include term limits and an ethics code. LSU political science professor Dr. Robert Hogan said because justice...
Jul 30, 2024 thenews2.com / Depositphotos.com
Passenger rail service from NOLA to Mobile gaining "track"tion
Passenger rail service from New Orleans to Mobile is closer to getting on track, as soon as February 2025. Chair of the Southern Rail Commission Knox Ross said Amtrak and the City of Mobile will begin...
Jul 29, 2024 Courtesy of Southern Rail Commission
Lafayette Police officer fatally shot, three others wounded in standoff in Jeanerette
The Lafayette Police Department is mourning the loss of one of its officers, who authorities say was fatally while assisting other officers in a hostage situation. The deceased officer has been identi...
Jul 25, 2024 Senior Corporal Segus Jolivette
Three arrested for the death of Southern University student, mother of his child among them
Three arrests have been made in the shooting death of 20-year-old Steven Harris, a Southern University student who was reported missing on July 17th when he didn't return for a custody hearing for his...
Jul 25, 2024 Steven Harris in an undated photo from Facebook
