Louisiana has caught a break with Tropical Storm Marco as it has weakened significantly as it closed in on the state’s coast. National Weather Service Meteorologist Freddie Zeigler says wind shear kept Marco from developing…
Governor Edwards says it appears the state will catch a break from Marco but yet he cautions that we need to focus on Tropical Storm Laura as the Hurricane Center says Laura could be a category two or three hurricane when it makes landfall Wednesday night Thursday morning.
Retiring Congressman Ralph Abraham’s former Chief of Staff Luke Letlow is the first candidate in the 5th Congressional District race to hit the TV airwaves with ads. Letlow is reporting a strong 500,000 dollars raised so far in the race. ULM Poli Sci Professor Joshua Stockley says its certainly early for a campaign to start TV ads…
Last night saw a second straight night of protests in Lafayette over the Friday night fatal police shooting of 31-year-old Trayford Pellerin, a black man who was armed with a knife and attempted to enter an occupied convenience store. NAACP Lafayette President Mardja Broussard believes the police could have handled this better…
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The video appears to show Lafayette police shouting for Pellerin to stop walking before they tazed him to no effect. As he began to enter a convenience store, Lafayette Police officers fired their guns.