Author Archives: Jeff Palermo
Louisiana traffic deaths down slightly in 2022 but still among the highest on record
Federal officials say nationally, traffic deaths from January through March of this year were the highest since 2002. State Department of Transportation spokesman Rodney Mallet says Louisiana numbers ...
Aug 22, 2022 Tony Webster / CC
Representative Nelson: LEAP results suggest failed literacy "hold back" bill was a good idea after all
New LEAP tests results - showing a decline in literacy - have one state lawmaker saying "I told you so", after his literacy & retention bill failed to pass this year. Mandeville Republican Represe...
Aug 22, 2022
Apple TV series chronicles what happen at Memorial Hospital during Katrina
The Apple TV series Five Days at Memorial is based on actual events during Hurricane Katrina. It chronicles the choices hospital caregivers were forced to make during the crisis without resources and ...
Aug 22, 2022 Courtesy of Apple TV+
New research shows LSU campus mounds are the oldest known manmade structures in North America
New research has determined the mounds on LSU's campus near Tiger Stadium are the oldest known man made structures in North America. LSU Geology and Geophysics Professor Emertius Brooks Ellwood says r...
Aug 22, 2022
State Representative Larry Selders arrested for DWI, other charges
State Representative Larry Selders of Baton Rouge is charged with DWI, reckless operation, and driving under a suspended license. State Police spokesperson Christian Reed says troopers saw him traveli...
Aug 22, 2022
The rate of homicides in rural areas of the state is three times the national average
According to a report in The Advocate, homicides in rural Louisiana are surging. The CDC and the FBI data indicate the homicide rate for rural Louisiana in 2020 was just under 17 per 100 thousand peop...
Aug 22, 2022 DPP Law / CC
DCFS admits they didn't follow up on reports of a potential abuse before a two-year-old overdosed on fentanyl
The Department of Children and Family Services admits they were contacted three times by hospital staff about the well-being of two-year-old Mitchell Robinson of Baton Rouge before he died from a fent...
Aug 20, 2022
For the second straight month, Louisiana breaks record for its lowest unemployment rate ever
For a second straight month, Louisiana set a record-low unemployment rate in July, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Louisiana Workforce Commission Secretary Ava Cates says the seasonally a...
Aug 20, 2022
Louisiana Supreme Court puts Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins' name back on the November ballot
By a 4-3 decision, the state Supreme Court has ruled that Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins CAN run for re-election in November. Perkins's candidacy was challenged by a resident whose main complaint was...
Aug 20, 2022 Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins
UL-Lafayette among Top 100 R & D universities nationwide
U.L. Lafayette is now ranked among the nation's top 100 public research universities. The National Science Foundation's (NSF) annual Higher Education Research & Development Survey (HERD) ranks ULL...
Aug 19, 2022
