Author Archives: Jeff Palermo
Louisiana Tech building new dorms and adding parking
Louisiana Tech is investing in building new residence halls and parking by the fall of 2021 as the student body continues to expand. Louisiana Tech assistant VP for student advancement Dickie Crawford...
Jul 31, 2019
Louisiana Treasury Department will begin to return lost medals to military families
For years the Louisiana Treasury Department has returned unclaimed money and now they will do the same thing for lost military medals. Treasurer John Schroder says the state legislature gave his offic...
Jul 31, 2019 The Library of Congress / CC
Cassidy releases proposal for paid leave for new parents
Senator Bill Cassidy releases a paid leave proposal for new parents. Cassidy says with the plan, new parents would be allowed to take $5,000 advance on the child tax credit, reducing the $2,000 annual...
Jul 30, 2019 Senator Bill Cassidy (R) - Louisiana
Catfished: A California man comes to Louisiana to marry a woman he met online, but it was a West Monroe man instead
48-year-old James William Eaton of West Monroe is in jail after posing online as a woman and luring another man to drive from California to Ouachita Parish thinking he was marrying that woman. Sheriff...
Jul 30, 2019
Abraham, Rispone make big moves this week
The GOP side of the governor's race is starting to heat up with Eddie Rispone beginning a substantial statewide ad blast and Congressman Abraham securing a major endorsement. Abraham may be behind his...
Jul 30, 2019 Governor's mansion in Baton Rouge
Private schools form their own association within the LHSAA
Private high schools also known as "select" schools form a new organization within the Louisiana High School Athletic Association to help coordinate their efforts to host their own championship events...
Jul 30, 2019
Julie Stokes not seeking re-election to House this fall
Kenner Representative Julie Stokes announces she is not seeking reelection this fall. Stokes was first elected to the House seat in 2013, and in 2017 ran for state treasurer, but pulled out of the rac...
Jul 29, 2019
Alleged child murderer clinically deceased after suicide attempt in jail
An Alexandria woman accused of murdering her 5-year-old daughter has been declared "clinically deceased" after an attempted suicide while in the Rapides Parish Jail. Sheriff William Hilton says they'r...
Jul 29, 2019
LSU athletics reevaluating its policy of giving money to the university
For years the LSU athletic department has used a portion of its revenues to help fund the academic side of the university. But in an exclusive interview with Tiger Rag Magazine, athletics director Sco...
Jul 29, 2019
Another cybersecurity threat discovered in Tangipahoa School System
The Tangipahoa Parish Public School System is the latest in the state to uncover a potential cybersecurity issue. LSU's Stephenson National Center for Security Research Executive Director Jeff Moulton...
Jul 29, 2019 Yuri Samoilov / CC
