Category Archives: News
Former LSU athletics executive Sharon Lewis' lawsuit against her alma mater tossed out
A Baton Rouge judge has reportedly dismissed a lawsuit filed by former LSU athletics executive Sharon Lewis who claimed she faced harassment and retaliation after she reported sexual harassment allega...
Dec 21, 2022 Sharon Lewis
Edwards says he has no regrets after fallout from Ronald Greene's 2019 death in police custody
Governor John Bel Edwards said he has no regrets about the fallout from Ronald Greene's 2019 death which led to the indictment of five law enforcement officers last week. Edwards was asked if he will ...
Dec 21, 2022 Governor John Bel Edwards gives remarks at his end of year press conference at the Governor's Mansion. (photo: Brooke Thorington/LRN)
Tips from the LSU Ag Center on protecting your plants from the hard freeze
With a hard freeze coming tomorrow night lots of people are worried about how to protect their plants. LSU Ag center horticulturist Heather Kirk- Ballard said if the plants are in containers, you shou...
Dec 21, 2022
New Orleans attorney is saving Christmas from porch pirates
By day Alistair Adkinson is a New Orleans attorney and when he's not practicing law, he's saving Christmas. After reading about porch pirates stealing packages in the neighborhood, he decided to offer...
Dec 21, 2022 Kira auf der Heide / Unsplash
Senator Cassidy angry that congress omitted his RISE act from the federal spending bill
Efforts to bring more federal funding for coastal restoration, via higher oil & gas royalty payments, are dead for the year. Senator Bill Cassidy says he and Senator John Kennedy worked on the Rei...
Dec 20, 2022 US Senator Bill Cassidy (R)
Baton Rouge woman sentenced to life in prison for the poisoning death of her former live-in boyfriend
A Baton Rouge woman is sentenced to life in prison for the 2015 poisoning death of her boyfriend Damian Skipper. East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore said it was persistence that led to the...
Dec 20, 2022 Meshell Hale
Corps of Engineers says yes to coastal restoration project experts call "monumental"
The Corps of Engineers has given the green light to the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project to use Mississippi River sediment to rebuild parts of Louisiana's coast. Bren Haase is the executive di...
Dec 20, 2022
Edwards asking for EPA Superfund designation for Capitol Lakes
Governor John Bel Edwards formally asked the Environmental Protection Agency to have Capitol Lakes declared as a Superfund site. Edwards said the letter he sent last week is the final step to make the...
Dec 20, 2022 Photo by Brooke Thorington
Deadline to apply for pandemic related homeowners or rental assistance with the state is 5:00 pm Wednesday
The Louisiana Emergency Rental Assistance Program and the Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Fund will stop accepting applications Wednesday at 5 PM. Desiree Honore Thomas is Assistant Commissioner in the...
Dec 20, 2022
Three people die in three separate house fires in a 26 hour period
In a 26-hour period, three separate house fires claimed three lives in Louisiana. State Fire Marshal's Office spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue said it's tragic especially because they could have been prev...
Dec 20, 2022 House fire in Ruston that claimed the life of a disabled man in his 40s December 19th. Courtesy of Louisiana Fire Marshal's Office.
