LSU is confirming that nine members of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity have been arrested on Hazing charges. The activities are alleged to have taken place during the Fall of 2018, and all nine have been booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. The DKE charter at LSU has been revoked by the national organization. All nine are facing at least one hazing charge, some of the students are also facing additional counts, including 23-year-old Cade Duckworth of Lafayette who is facing three counts of hazing, along with second degree battery and false imprisonment charges. 23-year-old Malcolm McNiece of Baton Rouge is facing four counts of hazing and one count of second degree battery.
Beginning this fall, Louisiana will become only the second state in the US with military veteran centers on every college campus. Chancellor of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System Monty Sullivan says the centers will be staffed with someone dedicated to working with them. It also help veterans interact with other veterans on campus.
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It’s been nearly a year since legislation was passed that would allow riverboat casinos to expand on land within 1,200 feet of their river mooring, and so far no ground has been broken on those sought after expansions. Louisiana Gaming Control Board Chairman Ronnie Jones says not all casinos will ever take advantage of the change, because in some areas the market just isn’t there to justify the money for an expansion.
A border wall deal has been reached in Congress that would provide 1.37 of the 5.7 billion dollars the President has demanded to construct additional physical barriers along the Mexican border. Senator John Kennedy says he’s not sure whether he will ultimately vote for the deal, but two billion dollars isn’t a bad start to southern border wall expansion efforts.
The legislation would also increase detention capacities for immigration enforcement agencies.