The three people lost their lives in an early morning crash at the major Lafayette intersection of E. Broussard Rd. and Johnson Street Tuesday have been identified. Lafayette Police Sgt Robin Green says the driver of the first vehicle struck the second causing what she called a domino effect. He is identified as 21-year-old Joseph Prejean of Lafayette. In the second vehicle, a mother and daughter, both of Duson are identified as 36-year-old Cherita Washington and 17-year-old Chase Washington. The occurred around 5 am and the warm winter weather is causing early morning fog, but Sgt Green says fog was not a factor in this crash.
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The driver of a third vehicle sustained moderate injuries.
By now, we’ve all heard that Louisiana’s moving to closed party primaries this year. And now the primaries, which were set to happen in April, have been moved to May 16th. Secretary of State Nancy Landry says she and her office have done a great deal of outreach to get the word out about the change in advance of the primaries.
New Orleans is in the running to host the 2031 Super Bowl NOLA-dot-com columnist Jeff Duncan says the NFL is seeking high-end hospitality and event space. By the time the 2031 Super Bowl comes around, the Superdome could potentially be the second oldest stadium in the NFL.
If New Orleans fails to land the 2031 Super Bowl, the city’s next opportunity will not come until 2038, given scheduling conflicts due to major conventions and Mardi Gras.
An audit of 24 restaurants on the Westbank of New Orleans found that eight of them were not complying with a new law that requires disclosure of serving imported shrimp. SeaD (“seed”) Consulting found that of those eight, seven falsely advertised their shrimp to be locally caught, while staff at the eighth said they didn’t know where the shrimp came from. SeaD Consulting Founder David Williams…