State Police are addressing the investigation into the deadly crash in Lafourche Parish last December that resulted in the filing of criminal charges against former LSU football star Kyren Lacy. Superintendent Colonel Robert Hodges says investigators utilized evidence in making their decision.
Another Republican has entered the 2026 U.S. Senate race. St. Tammany Parish Councilwoman Kathy Seiden is the first woman to enter the primary race that already has incumbent Bill Cassidy and three other well-known challengers. Seiden says Cassidy’s challengers have not said how they will help American families.
The Rockin’ 1000 is coming to the United States for the first time in January, and it’s coming to New Orleans. The rock phenomenon started in 2015, when Fabio Zaffagnini gathered one-thousand musicians in a field in Italy to play the Foo Fighters song “Learn To Fly” strictly as a call for the band to play there. It didn’t take long for the video to make its way to Dave Grohl, who instantly said yes. Kelly Schulz with New Orleans and Company says the best part about Rockin’ 1000 is you do not have to be a Dave Grohl to be in the band.
A new study says ULM generates more than 617-million dollars of annual economic impact in Northeast Louisiana. University President Dr. Carrie Castille says it also showed that ULM supported more than ten-thousand jobs across the region.