It’s now up to the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether Jessie Hoffman will be executed tomorrow night by nitrogen hypoxia. This, after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the scheduled execution and the State Supreme Court declined to intervene. Loyola University New Orleans College of Law professor Dane Ciolino says there’s also a chance that the case might not actually be over in the Fifth Circuit.
Cut 12 (06) “…the Fifth Circuit.”
A National Weather Service survey team confirmed that two tornadoes touched down east of Kentwood in Tangipahoa Parish on Saturday and later moved into Pike and Walthall Counties in Mississippi. NWS Senior Forecaster Rob Frye says they were around a mile from each other.
More than 100 firefighters were called to the Port of Caddo/Bossier to put out a huge paper fire. About 95-hundred tons of baled paper spread across two and a half acres at Pratt Industries caught fire late Saturday afternoon, and the high winds were making the battle very difficult. Shreveport Fire Chief Clarence Reese says job number one for fire crews was preventing the fire from spreading to buildings, and they succeeded.
Reese says Pratt’s entire inventory is a total loss.
For the fourth time, Kim Mulkey has led the LSU women’s basketball team to the NCAA Tournament – and for the fourth time, they’re a three seed. They will take on San Diego State Saturday night at the P-MAC. When asked about San Diego State, Head Coach Kim Mulkey was admittedly dumbfounded.