Category Archives: News
Veteran resource centers coming to every college campus in the state this fall
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...
Feb 13, 2019 Bradley Loth / CC
Congressional leaders reach agreement on border wall security bill
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...
Feb 13, 2019 Sen John Kennedy (R)
Baby found just outside Lake Charles Hospital
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...
Feb 13, 2019
Facebook post gains attention as New Orleans man offers to hold parade spot for $2000
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...
Feb 13, 2019 The Library of Congress / CC
Is LSU turning BR into a basketball town?
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...
Feb 13, 2019
IRS: Average federal refund down 8%
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...
Feb 13, 2019 jalexartis Photography / CC
Crawfish crop looks good so far
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...
Feb 13, 2019 Isaac Wedin / CC
Rapides Parish Sheriff not running for re-election
Rapides Parish Sheriff William Earl Hilton announces his sixth term as sheriff will be his last as he will not pursue re-election. Hilton, whose father also served as a sheriff, has grown up around la...
Feb 12, 2019
Lockport teen arrested in connection to fatal shooting
The Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office has arrested a 17-year-old in connection with the death of a 19-year-old south Louisiana man who was fatally shot Sunday night when a bullet entered his mother's ...
Feb 12, 2019
March SNAP benefits to arrive on the 1st and 2nd
March food stamps are set to arrive early, and recipients should be checking their mailboxes for benefits on the first and second of the month, whereas SNAP traditionally arrives sometime between the ...
Feb 12, 2019
