Author Archives: Jeff Palermo
House passes massive electoral reform package
House Democrats passed a sweeping elections reform package that includes major electoral changes such as making voting days federal holidays, automatic voter registration, and other substantial change...
Mar 10, 2019
Will Wade suspended
LSU head basketball coach Will Wade has been suspended indefinitely by LSU in the wake of reports of an FBI wiretap involving his activities in a college basketball corruption scandal, specifically hi...
Mar 08, 2019
St. Parks mother arrested after her two-year-old son shot himself in the arm
A St. Parks woman, 22-year-old Chelsey Paige Wiltz, was arrested after her two-year-old son shot himself in the arm with an unsecured gun. St. Martin Parish Sheriff's office Major Ginny Higgin says Wi...
Mar 08, 2019
Lenten seafood season looks promising
It's the first Friday of Lent for the million plus Catholics who call Louisiana home, and for many of them, that means ditching red meat and chowing down on seafood. Gulf Seafood Institute Chairman Ha...
Mar 08, 2019 City Foodsters / CC
Lopinto: Terrytown children were murdered in their sleep
The details of the brutal Jefferson Parish triple homicide that left two children and a mother dead, along with two other severely injured have come to light. Sheriff Joe Lopinto says the suspect 33-y...
Mar 07, 2019
LSU's Will Wade reportedly caught on wire tape talking about "offer" and "deal" regarding a recruit
Yahoo Sports reports the FBI intercepted a phone conversation between LSU Basketball Coach Will Wade and recruiting middleman Christian Dawkins, in which Wade is recorded discussing a "deal" about "th...
Mar 07, 2019
Rouses Markets reports record year for King Cake sales
Fat Tuesday had come and gone and this year presented a longer carnival season. Plenty of King Cakes were consumed as part of the celebration. Bakery Director for Rouses Markets Michelle Knight said t...
Mar 07, 2019 NatalieMaynor / CC
Mardi Gras parade horses find new homes
Twenty horses used in Mardi Gras parades this year have found new homes following a volunteer effort by the Human Society of Louisiana. In past years, horses were used for the parades and then sent to...
Mar 07, 2019
LSU and Florida go into OT again, this time Tigers come out on top
The 10th ranked LSU Tigers are one win away from at least a share of an SEC Championship after beating Florida 79-78 in overtime on Wednesday night in Gainesville. The win gives LSU an undefeated reco...
Mar 07, 2019
JPSO: Three dead including two children inside a Terrytown home; suspect in custody
Multiple people were found dead at a home in suburban New Orleans Wednesday morning. Jefferson Parish Sheriff's office captain Jason Rivarde says deputies were called to a home in Terrytown to provide...
Mar 07, 2019
