To get around the state, Governor Jeff Landry has been flying in a five-point-five-million-dollar airplane. Public flight records show the single-engine plane traveling between Baton Rouge and Lafayette, near where the governor lives. The plane also made several back-and-forth trips between Baton Rouge and New Orleans after the Bourbon Street terrorist attack. WRKF Capitol Access Reporter Brooke Thorington says they do know the plane is not just for the governor’s travels
The governor’s office says using the plane instead of the helicopters should save the state money.
The state has moved almost 160 homeless people in New Orleans, who were living in encampments around the Superdome, into a transitional shelter in Gentilly. The plan has drawn concern from a pair of state legislators and from nearby residents, even though there’s a concrete wall separating the neighborhoods from the street where the shelter is located off of France Road. GOHSEP Chief of Staff Scott Adams says there is tight security in the area.
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You’ll need a warm coat, gloves, hats, and boots next week as Louisiana could see a significant winter storm. Jeff Palermo has the details…
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A Houma man was arrested for second-degree murder after allegedly stabbing his 75-year-old aunt, Joyce Williams, during a confrontation at her Houma home on January 16. Police found Williams with multiple stab wounds, but she later died at the hospital. 45-year-old Greg Gaither stayed at the scene and was detained without incident and has been booked into the Terrebonne Parish Criminal Justice Complex for one count of Second-Degree Murder.
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