A Baton Rouge teen who faces second-degree murder for allegedly intentionally crashing into a woman’s car and killing her in Baton Rouge now is reportedly telling police that “God instructued him to kill himself”. That decision led to the death of 51-year-old Stephanie Payne of Greenwell Springs. State Trooper Taylor Scrantz says after 18-year-old admitted to causing the fiery crash on purpose, he was hit with those charges.
Jordan reportedly told police he hit 90 miles per hour before the crash occurred.
Methanex announces an expansion of the company’s Louisiana operations with a $1.3 billion investment to construct a third methanol plant in Ascension Parish. Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson says the state is very attractive to the needs of the company.
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Methanex is based in Canada.
Gubernatorial candidate Eddie Rispone has released his first statewide TV ads of the campaign, the content of which heavily lean into Rispone’s historical support for President Trump. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says expect the Trump focused ads to run for about three weeks before the candidate pivots to telling voters more about his background in Baton Rouge business.
Pinsonat says the strategy is also similar to successful gubernatorial efforts from Bobby Jindal and Mike Foster.
LSU has a brand new football operations center, and while it was paid for with private dollars, several other portions of the campus, as well as college campuses around the state, remain in need of repairs. LSU Professor of Mass Communication Bob Mann says many feel that the state and the public should put the same emphasis on academics that go into athletics.