Louisiana Tech Athletics Director Tommy McClelland announced Mickie DeMoss will serve as the interim coach of the Lady Techsters basketball team. The decision was announced Friday following the resignation of Tyler Summitt who stepped down due to engaging in an inappropriate relationship. Summitt, who is married, reportedly impregnated one of his players. Gene Ponti is the Sports Director at KTVE in Monroe. He says everyone is totally shocked at this news…:
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Governor John Bel Edwards says he’ll unveil his propose budget plan for next fiscal year on Tuesday, and he’s using this weekend to finalize the difficult task of ways to plug the $750 million dollar shortfall. He says many state services will receive much less funding this year because of the massive budget deficit…:
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State Police are urging those attending the Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival today to visit their Facebook Page to review an April 5th post that contains several alternate routes into Memorial Park. With over 300,000 people expected to be headed into the Strawberry Capital of the World on this beautiful weekend, troopers say traffic volume quickly overloads the interstate system and causes dangerous backups on ramps and exits.

The polls are open today. That’s because, believe it or not, it is an election day in 41 parishes. Secretary of State Tom Schedler says this election typically has a low voter turnout because so many people don’t know about it…:
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He says you can check the GeauxVote app to see exactly what’s on the ballot in your precinct. Polls close at 8pm.

The New Orleans Pelicans dominated the Los Angeles last night in New Orleans, picking up a 110-102 victory over the Lakers and future hall of famer Kobe Bryant…who played his last game in The Big Easy.