Author Archives: Jeff Palermo
Central Police phone lines clogged with pro-Spell callers
The Central Police Department warns their phone lines are clogged with out of state callers protesting the house arrest of Life Tabernacle Church Pastor Tony Spell. The call to action was posted on a ...
Apr 30, 2020
Shopping malls face a daunting task in overcoming the changing shopping habits fueled by the coronavirus pandemic
Shopping malls have already had a tough time competing with e-commerce, but following the pandemic, the challenge of retaining a customer base will likely grow even more. LSU marketing professor Dan R...
Apr 30, 2020 Rene Schwietzke / CC
Budget for next fiscal year could take 500 million dollar hit
Early estimates show the state budget for the next fiscal year will likely have a hefty shortfall due to the COVID shutdown and the collapse of oil prices. Houma Appropriations Chairman Jerome Zeringu...
Apr 29, 2020
Road to recovery continues for wounded Baton Rouge Police Officer
The road to recovery for Baton Rouge Police Cpl. Derrick Maglone continues who was wounded in a shootout that left another officer dead. Former State Police Superintendent Mike Edmonson is Maglone's u...
Apr 29, 2020
Edwards expected to provide additional details about outdoor eating at restaurants today
Governor Edwards is expected to provide additional guidance today ahead of tomorrow's order allowing customers to eat take out outside of restaurants. Louisiana Restaurant Association President Stan H...
Apr 29, 2020
Republican lawmakers look revoke the governor's emergency order that's led to a shutdown of businesses
Republican lawmakers who are upset with Governor Edwards extending the stay at home order until May 15th are looking at overriding the emergency declaration. Shreveport Representative Alan Seabaugh sa...
Apr 29, 2020 Shreveport Representative Alan Seabaugh (R)
Governor Edwards thanks the President for federal government's commitment to ramp up testing in Louisiana
Governor Edwards met with President Donald Trump Wednesday in the Oval Office and afterwards praised the federal government's commitment to supply Louisiana with enough test kits so that it can test a...
Apr 29, 2020 ThatMakesThree / CC
Roughly 58 million Americans are spending more money during pandemic
About 58 million Americans are spending more money now than before social distancing according to the personal finance website WalletHub. While some overspending may be attributed to stockpiling essen...
Apr 29, 2020 Tim Reckmann / CC
Cane's founder predicts coronavirus restaurant industry changes will stick
Raising Cane's founder and CEO Todd Graves predicts many of the restaurant industry changes made due to coronavirus will stick around long after the virus fades. Graves says the industry is notorious ...
Apr 29, 2020
COVID-19 will not stop termites from swarming in Louisiana
The COVID-19 pandemic will not stop the termite swarm season, which is beginning this week, mostly in south Louisiana. LSU AgCenter Entomologist Karen Sun says the problematic Formosan subterranean te...
Apr 28, 2020 patrickkavanagh / CC
