Category Archives: News
LSU football moves past Alabama as number one team in the country
LSU is ranked number one in the AP Top 25 poll for the first time since 2011. Saturday's win over Auburn, LSU's third victory over a Top 10 team, convinced enough voters to rank the Bayou Bengals over...
Oct 28, 2019
Former ULM President Dwight Vines dies
Visitation for former ULM President Dwight D. Vines, who died Saturday at age 88, will be held today from 5 to 9 pm at First Baptist Church in Calhoun. Vines was at the helm of the university from 197...
Oct 28, 2019
Vice President Mike Pence holds a closed-door fundraiser for Republican governor candidate Eddie Rispone
Vice President Mike Pence returns to Louisiana today to hold a closed-door fundraiser for Eddie Rispone in Baton Rouge. Tickets are 5,000 dollars per couple for general access. Political analyst Berni...
Oct 28, 2019
Drew Brees returns to help the Saints win their sixth straight
Drew Brees was sharp on Sunday as he came off a five-week absence to lead New Orleans to a sixth straight win, a 31-9 victory over the Arizona Cardinals. Brees tossed three touchdown passes and threw ...
Oct 27, 2019
9 in 10 workers admit they've gone to work with a cold or the flu
An Accountemps survey shows nine in ten workers admit to coming into work with cold or flu-like symptoms, and a third of workers admit to always coming into work even sick with any illness. VP and Sen...
Oct 27, 2019 Marco Verch / CC
#2 LSU wins a throw back SEC West contest against #9 Auburn
The latest chapter in the LSU-Auburn rivalry did not produce an onslaught of points from the nation's second highest scoring offense, instead 2nd ranked Fighting Tigers won an good ol fashion SEC show...
Oct 26, 2019
Louisiana native nominated by President Trump to head DOE
Assumption Parish native and Department of Energy Deputy Secretary Dan Brouillette is awaiting Senate confirmation as the nation's next Energy Secretary. President Trump nominated Brouillette and says...
Oct 26, 2019
Pineville man allegedly poses online as woman to solicit photos
A Pineville man has been arrested and charged with 250 counts of online impersonation after allegedly posing as a woman on social media sites to solicit sexually explicit photos from women. 46-year-ol...
Oct 25, 2019 Oz / CC
Driver charged with two counts of negligent homicide following blood sample analysis
The man behind the wheel of a Dodge pickup truck that caused an August crash killing two people in a St. Landry Parish is now charged with two counts of negligent homicide. Trooper Thomas Gossen says ...
Oct 25, 2019
Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu surveys the south on potential racial disparities
Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu's project E Pluribus Unum surveyed 800 people across the South for their views on race, with the report finding substantial disparities in how different groups ...
Oct 25, 2019 JD Lasica / CC
