Author Archives: Jeff Palermo
GOP moderates, Dems combine to elect Schexnayder Speaker
Gonzales Republican Representative Clay Schexnayder wins the Speaker vote 60-45 over Albany Republican Sherman Mack. Schexnayder was backed by a coalition of Democrats and moderate Republicans, and is...
Jan 13, 2020
Gov Edwards to be inaugurated at 11:30 AM
Governor John Bel Edwards will be sworn in today at 11:30 AM for his second term of office on the steps of the Capitol, weather allowing. Advisor to the Governor Richard Carbo says attendees will get ...
Jan 13, 2020 Stuart Seeger / CC
LSU and Clemson ready for CFP National Championship Game
After a long 15-day layoff since winning the Peach Bowl, LSU and Clemson strap on the helmets Monday night in college football's national championship game. Coach Ed Orgeron says he's tried to keep th...
Jan 12, 2020
It's Mack vs. Schexnayder for House Speaker
A new state legislature will choose their leaders for the next four years on Monday. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Lafayette Senator Page Cortez is expected to be picked as Senate President, ...
Jan 12, 2020 Jeffrey Schwartz / CC
LSU stays undefeated in the SEC on Skylar Mays' buzzer-beater
LSU didn't shoot well, but somehow pulled off a 60-59 win over Mississippi State. Skylar Mays drained a 19-footer at the buzzer with a man in his face to keep the Tigers in a tie for first place in th...
Jan 11, 2020
Coach O's hometown says this national championship game is extra special
Larose has its purple and gold ready for the big game. The Lafourche Parish town is where Coach O grew up. Larose attorney and longtime friend of Orgeron Henry LaFont says there is a surreal feeling i...
Jan 11, 2020 Tammy Anthony Baker / CC
Authorities identify the three people killed in early Saturday morning stormy weather
The powerful storm system that moved through Louisiana has claimed three lives. The Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office says two people died in the Haughton area when a tornado early Saturday morning move...
Jan 11, 2020
LSU Board of Supervisors votes to cancel classes Monday and Tuesday for national championship game
The LSU Board of Supervisors has called an audible. The board voted Friday during its regularly scheduled meeting in Alexandria to cancel classes on the Baton Rouge campus Monday and Tuesday, because ...
Jan 10, 2020
State park hotel and conference center development proposal sees backlash from Mandeville State Representative-elect Richard Nelson
There's strong opposition in Mandeville over a proposed hotel and conference center at Fontainebleau State Park. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says the development could also include a zipline and hors...
Jan 10, 2020
Alexandria bicyclist is dead following hit and run
Troopers locate and identify the driver involved in a fatal hit and run of a bicyclist on Thursday morning just south of Alexandria. Trooper Casey Wallace says the 27-year-old Lacey Jade Jordan of Oak...
Jan 10, 2020
