Author Archives: Jeff Palermo
Rap music video shoot leads to arrests, gun seizures
Baton Rouge Police arrest eight individuals and seize 15 guns (3 reported stolen) during the filming of a rap video on a neighborhood street. Sergent L'Jean Mckneely says terrified neighbors called au...
Sep 25, 2019
Scalise responds to Trump/Zelensky transcript
The White House releases a partial transcript of a phone call where President Trump asks the Ukrainian President to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's son. Democrats say the Pre...
Sep 25, 2019 Rep Steve Scalise (R) - LA
LDH unveils the state's opioid response plan
The Department of Health releases the state's first opioid response plan, aiming to reduce the state's opioid crisis. Over 450 deaths were attributed to opioids in the state last year. Assistant secre...
Sep 25, 2019 Trending Topics 2019 / CC
Various restaurants cited from violation of shrimp and crawfish origin law
In the first 20 days of enforcement, at least 20 restaurants have been cited for the violation of the seafood labeling law requiring businesses to disclose if their shrimp and crawfish products are im...
Sep 25, 2019 The demand for seafood in Louisiana is expected to increase as Lent gets into full swing (Photo by Paco Jimenez).
Flu season starts early in Louisiana this year
Louisiana Department of Health is seeing an early start to flu activity, even resulting in a school closure in the Lafayette area due to flu cases. Assistant State Health Officer Dr. Joseph Kanter say...
Sep 25, 2019 Nuclear Regulatory Commission / CC
Senator John Kennedy responds to impeachment inquiry
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces she's opening an impeachment inquiry into the President's alleged attempts to pressure Ukraine into investigating Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's son...
Sep 24, 2019 Sen John Kennedy (R)
Economic forecast predicts nearly 54,000 new jobs over the next two years
LSU Economist Loren Scott projects the state will add nearly 54-thousand jobs over the next two years in his newly released annual Louisiana Economic Outlook. Scott says the offshore energy ind...
Sep 24, 2019 Economist Dr. Loren Scott
Remembering Hurricane Rita on the 14th anniversary of landfall
Fourteen years ago today, Hurricane Rita made landfall in southwest Louisiana. The storm often is overshadowed by Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall about four weeks earlier. State climatologist B...
Sep 24, 2019 @gletham GIS, Social, Mobile Tech Images / CC
Shreveport woman arrested for posing as nurse for over 1,000 hours
A Shreveport nursing home social worker is under arrest for posing as a licensed nurse for over 1,000 hours using the identity of an LPN with her same name. Caddo Parish Sheriff's Detective Mike King ...
Sep 24, 2019
Despite national dip, children living in concentrated poverty sees increase in Louisiana
While nationally the number of children living in concentrated poverty has gone down, it is estimated that Louisiana has 27,000 more kids living in poverty from 2013 to 2017 than the previous five yea...
Sep 24, 2019 kennethtristan02 / CC
