Mourners are paying their last respect to Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson as a two-day public visitiation began this morning in New Orleans. Archbishop of New Orleans Gregory Aymond says Benson didn’t have it easy growing up, but worked his way to the top to become the richest man in Louisiana…
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Benson had an estimated net worth of 2.5 billion dollars.
Emotional testimony this morning in the House Criminal Justice committee as the mother and father of Maxwell Gruver were on hand to testify for a bill that would put stronger penalties into Louisiana’s laws regarding hazing…
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Gruver died in a suspected hazing incident and the bill would make hazing a felony, it’s currently a misdemeanor.
A site has been selected to relocate the residents of Isle de Jean Charles off of their island that’s vanishing because of coastal erosion. Matt Doyle has more..
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Students were evacuated from a Catahoula Parish high school today after a kill list was found in the school’s bathroom. According to KNOE-TV, the kill list found at Block High School had the time 12:30 written on it and the school was scheduled to have an assembly at noon. The Catahoula Sheriff’s office and state police are investigating.