Coronavirus is on the radar of the Lt. Governor’s office as tourism in Louisiana could see big losses from the spread of the illness. Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser says one international convention has already decided to pull the plug on their New Orleans event. While no cases have surfaced in Louisiana yet, Nungesser says an outbreak could be devastating…
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Nungesser says the Governor is handling the potential for an outbreak well.
A Baton Rouge man get life in prison for kidnapping and torturing a man in 2017. Almoine Powell was convicted of abducting & tying the victim up, pepper spraying him, waterboarding him, burning him with various objects and sodomizing him with a screwdriver. The judge said he HOPES those are THE worst things Powell has ever done.
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The National Science Foundation awards Louisiana Tech a $1.2 million grant to foster computer science education in north Louisiana. Kevin Barnhart has the story…
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A multi-jurisdictional task force says they’ve made a major drug bust in central Louisiana. The Natchitoches Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force says they worked in cooperation with the Rapides Parish and Grant Parish Sheriffs Offices to take over 8 pounds of suspected meth off the streets. Two people – a 37 year old man and a 35 year old woman were arrested in connection with the seizure.