Author Archives: Jeff Palermo
Task force to consider switch to closed primaries
A Legislative task force is studying whether Louisiana should move to a closed primary system and will submit its recommendations by the next regular session. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat said th...
Dec 28, 2020
Gov Edwin Edwards home from hospital visit
Former Governor Edwin Edwards is back home after a routine exam over the weekend at LSU Health-Shreveport. Edwards Biographer Leo Honeycutt said Edwards took a private jet on Saturday for a checkup an...
Dec 28, 2020 Former Governor Edwin Edwards - file photo
Two dead, one injured after block party shooting in Crowley
Two are dead and one injured after a shooting at a block party in Crowley early Sunday morning. Crowley Police Chief Jimmy Broussard said police received a call about a crowd of hundreds who had gathe...
Dec 28, 2020
Pelican sanctuary off Plaquemines Parish coast to more than double in size
Work has begun on a 54.9 million dollar restoration of the North Breton Island wildlife sanctuary, a vital brown pelican habitat just east of the Plaquemines Parish. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spo...
Dec 28, 2020
Grand Lake High School in Cameron Parish reaches state high football championship game despite two hurricanes
Eighteen schools made it to the Prep Football Classic but no team endured more than the Grand Lake Hornets. The small school in Cameron had two devastating hurricanes make landfall in their parish, bu...
Dec 26, 2020
Alvin Kamara has a record-tying 6 rushing TDs as Saints win their fourth straight NFC South crown
2020 is a forgettable year for many, but Saints running back Alvin Kamara will never forget Christmas Day in 2020 as he tied a 91-year-old NFL record by rushing for six touchdowns in a 52-33 win over ...
Dec 26, 2020
BCBS study indicates pregnancy and childbirth complications up 32%
A Blue Cross Blue Shield study indicates that pregnancy and childbirth complications have risen 32% as more millennial females have pre-existing conditions increasing the risks. Senior Medical Directo...
Dec 26, 2020 Tatiana Vdb / CC
New COVID treatment available in Louisiana
The coronavirus treatment given to President Trump when he was admitted to Walter Reed Hospital is now available in Louisiana. Governor John Bel Edwards said the monoclonal antibody fusion treatment c...
Dec 25, 2020
Natchitoches welcomes high school football fans
High School Football Fans will begin flocking to Natchitoches Saturday to attend the annual Louisiana High School Athletic Associations' Prep Classic. Kelli West, spokesperson for the Natchitoches Par...
Dec 24, 2020
Crowley Republican to chair committee in charge of 2021 redistricting
House Speaker Clay Schexnayder names Crowley Representative and Republican John Stefanski the chair of the House Governmental Affairs Committee, the panel tasked with overseeing redistricting next yea...
Dec 24, 2020
