State lawmakers are calling for St. Tammany Parish Coroner elect Christopher Tape to resign. Tape ran unopposed in October, but it’s now come out he was arrested in New Mexico in 2001 on child sexual assault charges. The charges were later dropped but Franklinton Senator Beth Mizell says if Tape does not resign, the Northshore delegation will support a recall petition
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Court records from New Mexico show Tape spanked and then rubbed the bare bottom of his girlfriend’s seven-year-old daughter. Child pornography was also allegedly found on his property. Tape denies he molested the girl and says the alleged child pornography was legal adult porn.

Gasbuddy says the statewide average for a gallon of regular gasoline is $2.89, up 17-cents from a month ago. Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan says prepare for prices to continue to rise as refineries shutdown for regular maintenance…
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Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley is forming a Let Teachers Teach Workgroup. Brumley says teachers are facing a number of challenges that are preventing them from their biggest responsibility and that’s educating students. Brumley says current Louisiana Teacher of the Year Kylie Altier (All-tear) will chair the workgroup…
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Brumley says meetings will begin in the spring.

The college baseball season begins tomorrow and this will be the last for legendary Louisiana Tech broadcaster Dave Nitz. His first Tech broadcast was 50 years ago in the Spring of 1974. Nitz also called football and basketball games for Tech until 2022…
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The 80-year-old Nitz was inducted into the La Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010.