Author Archives: Jeff Palermo

The 74th annual Peach Festival is this Saturday in downtown Ruston, an opportunity to enjoy 12 hours of live music, an art market and it's Louisiana so of course there's a plethora of peachy good food...

Walker Police Chief David Addison was at the right place at the right time last Friday. He said it was divine intervention when he took his daily walk an hour earlier when three young girls pleaded wi...

The Governor's Office of Homeland and Security and Emergency Preparedness are encouraging Louisiana residents to get a hurricane plan together before an above-average season starts Saturday. Director ...

Among the bills to be heard in the Senate is one to eliminate the 30-year statute of limitations where one can be prosecuted for child molestation. Lafitte Representative Tim Kerner hopes the bill, wh...

We're in what could be the final week of Governor Jeff Landry's first regular legislatve session. While lawmakers are hoping to wrap up business on Friday, they must adjourn by 6 PM on June 3rd. Polit...

Governor Jeff Landry signed a bill into law that would make it a crime to stand within 25 feet of a police officer after they order you to stand back. Bill author, Republican Representative Bryan Font...

Two of the four inmates that escaped the Tangipahoa Parish jail this weekend are still at large, 19 year-old Omarion Hookfin and 20 year-old Jamarcus Cyprian. Chief Jimmy Travis says they broke throug...

The Gator Scholarship program, an expanded version of school vouchers, is nearing final passage. The amended bill passed in the House on a 67-29 vote. Carencro Representative Julie Emerson presented t...

Governor Jeff Landry signed a law classifying two abortion-inducing drugs, mifepristone and misoprostol, as controlled and dangerous substances at a bill signing session today. He officially signed th...

Houma police caught a 12-and-a-half foot reticulated python over the weekend after a man discovered it curled up in a flowerpot in his backyard. "One of our officers, PFD [Parish Sheriff's Deputy] Don...