Author Archives: Jeff Palermo

Update: Leon Ruffin is back in custody. He was apprehended after short time of freedom. Authorities located Ruffin at a hotel in New Orleans East. A manhunt continues for a murder suspect who escaped ...

The Louisiana Farm Bureau announces President Jim Harper will not seek a fourth term instead he's opting to spend more time with his family. Bureau spokesperson Avery Davidson said this ends Harper's ...

State Health Officer Dr Joe Kanter who led the state through the COVID pandemic has resigned. When Louisiana was among the first state's hardest hit with COVID Kanter became a daily fixture providing ...

Grambling State University has chosen Dr. Martin Lemelle to serve as its 11th president. Lemelle is a 2006 graduate and served as the executive vice president and chief financial officer at GSU from 2...

A bill to expand methods to carry out the death penalty and to provide protections for those involved, like drug companies that provide the ingredients used for lethal injection, passed in Senate Judi...

51-year-old Leon Ruffin, who's been in custody for second-degree murder in the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center, escaped from the parking lot of Ochsner Westbank Sunday and drove off in a deputy's...

Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump was in Avoyelles Parish on Monday as he's representing Jerome Stevenson. He died while in custody at the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's jail in Marksville last November. An i...

Legislation that would require drivers convicted of a DUI to install an ignition locking device in their vehicle unanimously cleared the Senate. Baton Rouge Senator Rick Edmonds says the interlock dev...

Among the bills filed for the regular legislative session is one to amend definitions related to abortion. New Orleans Representative Candace Newell said her bill clears up confusion so the removal of...

UPDATE - After a hearing held Friday Judge Beau Higginbotham denied the restraining order. "It is clear that a hearing was taken. There was a hearing. It's clear from testimony that each side was affo...