Two Louisiana Tech students have been arrested for using a racial slur repeatedly in a social media video that went viral. Joe Gallinaro has the story….

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A former New Roads police officer and volunteer firefighter will spend the rist of his life in prison after he was convicted of raping multiple boys. The Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested Kedreyon Williams in July of 2024 and it only took a jury 40 minutes to find him guilty of three counts of first-degree rape and other felony charges.

The LHSAA has ended one school’s football season. After Assumption beat Carroll on its home field last Friday night, some Carroll players got into a brawl with some Assumption fans. As a result, the LHSAA has cancelled the remainder of Carroll’s season. KNOE-TV Sports Director Aaron Dietrich says the school did not follow standard travel procedures.

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The LHSAA has also ruled Assumption will have to play the remainder of its games on the road.

If you have lots of outdoor lighting on your property, you’re asked to turn them down or off at night for the time being. That’s because this is fall migration season for birds. Charles Williams, a board member of the Louisiana Wildlife Federation and the founder of Lights Out Louisiana, says bright lights are very bad for birds flying at night.

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Williams says that disorientation might cause birds to fly directly into tall buildings.