Author Archives: Jeff Palermo
LSU basketball #3 seed in the NCAA Tournament; will play Yale on Thursday
The LSU men's basketball team is a three-seed in the East Regional of the NCAA Tournament and the Tigers will play the Yale Bulldogs on Thursday in Jacksonville. For the third time in the last five ye...
Mar 17, 2019
About half of LSU Health New Orleans graduating med students choosing to stay in Louisiana
Of the 181 LSU Health New Orleans graduating medical students participating in the National Resident Match Program, 81 chose to remain in Louisiana to complete their medical training. LSU School of Me...
Mar 17, 2019
Kennedy pushes social media data privacy bill
Senator John Kennedy is introducing legislation that seeks to give social media users legal control of content they post to social media. Currently all photos, private messages, posts, and other inter...
Mar 16, 2019 Book Catalog / CC
West Feliciana deputies arrest several former DOC employees
A Department of Corrections investigation has resulted in multiple arrests and resignations at Angola since the investigation began last Friday. Department spokesperson Ken Pastorick says the accused ...
Mar 15, 2019 Geoff Stearns / CC
Louisiana seeks to recoup 26 million in duplicate tax returns
26 million dollars in duplicate state tax refunds were electronically sent out to 66,700 Louisianans on Tuesday, March 12th as a result of a computer malfunction. Commissioner of Administration Jay Da...
Mar 15, 2019 Simon Cunningham / CC
Bill to abolish death penalty in Louisiana to be introduced
A bill to abolish the death penalty in Louisiana will soon be filed as the debate about capital punishment continues on the national level. State Senator Dan Claitor said he is taking the action becau...
Mar 15, 2019 826 PARANORMAL / CC
Javonte Smart cleared to play after cooperating with LSU and NCAA officials
Javonte Smart is back with the LSU Tigers as they begin play in the SEC Tournament. The university released a statement Friday morning that said Smart has fully cooperated and participated in a joint ...
Mar 15, 2019
Kennedy responds to national emergency rejection
12 US Senate Republicans voted against the President's national emergency declaration that would allow him to access billions in construction dollars to build additional physical border wall. Senator ...
Mar 15, 2019 Sen John Kennedy (R)
Sen Kennedy: Progress made in getting recovery flood dollars to an estimated 6,000 residents
U.S, Senator John Kennedy says progress is being made to help an estimated six-thousand Louisiana residents who have not been able to access recovery dollars because they received a Small Business Adm...
Mar 15, 2019
A Caddo Parish manhunt ended Thursday when the suspect is found dead in a Shreveport home
A manhunt has ended with the suspect being found dead in a home in Shreveport yesterday. The Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office says James Salone is alleged to have busted into a residence of his ex-girlfr...
Mar 15, 2019 Tony Webster / CC
