LSU President William Tate is stepping down at the end of next month. Jeff Palermo reports.
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The number of people who say Louisiana is heading in the right direction is on the rise. LSU’s annual Louisiana Survey has found that the percentage of those who say the state is headed in the right direction but Survey Director Michael Henderson says while the number of people who believe the state is going in the right direction is up, that doesn’t mean they’re the majority.
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More than one-thousand Louisiana residents were surveyed for this study and Henderson says a big driver of that is people’s views on the economy
The reward for information that leads to the arrest of the inmates who escaped from the Orleans Justice Center has increased to 20-thousand dollars per fugitive. Seven of the prisoners that escaped during wee hours of Friday morning are still at large. Superintendent of State Police, Colonel Robert Hodges says anyone caught trying to help these escapees evade authorities will be arrested themselves….
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Four of the inmates that are on the run are accused of murder.
The Centers for Disease Control study shows Louisiana ranks 11th in the country for lightning deaths. Data highlights that 18% of fatalities are work-related, with farmers and ranchers most at risk. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says males are four times more likely to be struck than females, and the average age is 37.