U.S. Senate candidate John Fleming claims that Julia Letlow’s entrance into the race is part of a grand plan by Governor Jeff Landry to one day appoint himself as a U.S. Senator. Fleming described this alleged scheme with reporters after he qualified for the Senate Republican primary.
Landry shot back at Fleming by saying anyone who makes stuff up like that may not be fit for office.
President Trump has posthumously pardoned LSU legend Billy Cannon for his involvement in a counterfeiting scheme that sent him to prison for two-and-half years. Afterwards, he returned to dentistry and in 1995 was hired as a dentist at the Louisiana State Penitentiary where he worked on inmates’ teeth and helped offenders reform. His daughter, Bunnie Cannon says his counterfeiting conviction does not define her father…
Cannon died in 2018.
A cold front will bring strong storms to the state this Mardi Gras weekend. But LRN Meteorologist Bill Jacquemin reports the heavy rainfall and lightning should take place after the parades roll tomorrow.
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If your sweetheart is hoping for Valentine’s Day crawfish, it will cost you more this year than last. The Crawfish App founder, Laney King says this weekend, expect to pay around $6.22 per pound for live mudbugs and around $8.69 per pound for boiled. Last year the average this time of year was around $4.00 per pound. Though prices dropped a dollar per pound at the docks this week, they were higher because of the unusually cold conditions that are finally warming up.