Author Archives: Jeff Palermo

A Tangipahoa Parish grand jury has formally charged Daniel Callihan with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Callie Brunett of Loranger and her four-year-old daughter Erin. The other su...

On Saturday, nine sports figures will be inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, including former Saints quarterback Drew Brees and LSU legend Seimone Augustus. Hall of Fame Foundation Presid...

The new law requiring public classrooms to display the Ten Commandments is already facing a legal challenge. Loyola University Law professor Dane Ciolino said while it violates the First Amendment; th...

Starting today, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will enforce several new limits on catching red drum in an attempt to curb overfishing. LDWF Director of Marine Fisheries Chris Schie...

A $1 million gift from the family of Clifford Smith to Nicholls State University will create the William Clifford Smith School of Engineering set to start in August. Dean of the College of Science and...

Governor Jeff Landry signed the LA GATOR Scholarship Program into law yesterday, which will provide vouchers for more parents to send their kids to better schools. Bill author Senator Rick Edmonds of ...

Upon Governor Jeff Landry's signature of the Ten Commandments bill requiring them to be posted in every public school classroom, Executive Director of the ACLU of Louisiana Alanah Odoms said they are ...

Governor Landry signed off on legislation to allow judges the option to add surgical castration to a convicted sex offender's sentence if the victim is under the age of thirteen. Baton Rouge Democrat,...

The first phase of SUN Bucks, also known as Summer EBT, is being issued this week. Tim Jenkins with the Department of Children and Family Services said approximately 300,000 children between the ages ...

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell's temporary restraining order against a woman who photographed Cantrell and her then-bodyguard Jeffrey Vappie sharing dinner and wine while on duty at a French Quarte...