Author Archives: Jeff Palermo

In a statement, LSU calls it a sad for the university as nine members of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity were arrested for hazing-related activities that allegedly took place in the fall of 2018. T...

A nine-year-old boy is dead and his 18-year-old cousin has been arrested in an incident that Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joe Lopinto says was a negligent, but accidental discharge of a firearm. Kamone Th...

It's been nearly a year since legislation passed to allow riverboat casinos to expand on land within 1,200 feet of their river mooring, and so far no ground has been broken on those sought after expan...

Beginning this fall, Louisiana will become only the second state in the US with military veteran centers on every college campus. Chancellor of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System Mon...

Congressional leaders have agreed to provide 1.37 of the 5.7 billion dollars the President has demanded to construct additional physical barriers along the US-Mexican border. Senator John Kennedy says...

Calcasieu Parish Sheriffs are seeking a woman who left a newborn in a field just outside of the Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Gauthier Campus building last night at 8pm. Sherriff Tony Mancuso says su...

The competition to secure a good spot for Mardi Gras parades can be intense, but one Facebook user says he's willing to ease that burden... for a price. New Orleans resident Kenneth Sampey posted an o...

No. 19 LSU is about to shoot up the rankings after an incredibly impressive 73-71 win over the 5th team in the nation, the storied Kentucky Wildcats. It was a total team effort with four Tigers in dou...

The IRS reports the average federal tax refund so far is down eight percent from 2018, as filers are nabbing about 170 dollars less. The lower refund is the result of the GOP tax reform legislation th...

LSU Ag Center Aquaculture Specialist Greg Lutz has some good news crawfish fanatics: this year's crop is lookin pretty good. Despite some topsy-turvy weather lately, he says all the conditions are rip...