Baton Rouge Police have arrested a juvenile in connection with the shooting and robbery of his 10th-grade Broadmoor High School classmate as he walked to his bus stop this morning. Sgt L ’Jean McKneely says the victim was taken to the hospital.
After being shot the victim ran home for help and paramedics responded to a neighborhood off Sherwood Forest Boulevard. The suspect is being held at a juvenile detention center and faces two counts of armed robbery.
Xavier University is partnering with Ochsner Health in creating a new college of medicine. University President Reynold Verret says together they can increase the number of Black physicians and better serve the healthcare needs of marginalized populations.
36-year-old Mandeville Representative Richard Nelson joins four others who are running for governor. So far, he’s the youngest candidate and Nelson says he’s a moderate Republican and that sets him apart from other state leaders who are stuck in the past.
Cut 5 (09) “…Connecticut or something.”
Nelson graduated top of his LSU Law Class and undergraduate in Biological Engineering.
It still remains to be seen if Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves will throw his name in the hat for governor. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says out of the Republican candidates, Graves has the best chance at getting votes from Democrats…
50-year-old Graves just won a fifth two-year term to congress.