Lafayette Congressman Clay Higgins is under fire for a strongly worded post on X he made about Haitians calling them thugs and repeating Former President Donald Trump’s claims that they eat pets. ULM Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says Higgins didn’t hold back in front of the cameras when was with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office before he was ever elected to congress.

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Higgins told reporters he deleted the post after praying and considering a colleague’s thoughts. He said he realized his words hurt several people but he told CNN his social media record is, for the most part, a good one.

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A Laplace man arrested over 40 times in St. John the Baptist Parish, was apprehended again this week, and was out on bond less than three hours later.  Sean Richardson has the story.

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A 58-year-old man is dead after authorities say he aggressively pointed a gun in the direction of deputies prompting them to discharge their weapons. The incident started when St. Charles parish Sheriff’s Deputies responded to reports of a man walking down street in Hahnville pointing a gun at two people. They found Charles Verdin who was known to them sitting in a van facing Nicholas Street. Deputies said before Verdin pointed what appeared to be an AR15-style rifle at them, they tried for several minutes to convince him to put the gun down and exit his vehicle. Verdin died at the scene, and it was later discovered that the gun was a realistic looking airsoft type gun.

Lafayette Congressman Clay Higgins is coming under fire for a social media post about Haitians…

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A man arrested over 40 times in St. John the Baptist Parish, was apprehended again this week. This arrest stemmed from a St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office investigation targeting Casey Spies for suspected involvement in distributing methamphetamine. Sheriff Mike Tregre (treg)…

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Spies’ criminal record dates to 2008

Survivors of Hurricane Francine in nine parishes can now apply for low interest federal loans to help with their damages and expenses related to the storm. The U.S. Small Business Administration offers disaster loans to businesses, homeowners and renters in declared major disaster areas. Homeowners and renters who still have needs after FEMA assistance may be eligible for loans up to $500,000 for structural repairs or $100,000 to replace essential person property. Businesses of all sizes may be eligible for loans of up to $2 million.

A new pilot program being launched by the Louisiana Department of Health aims to increase opportunities for pregnant women to get tested for syphilis. Dr. Stephanie Taylor, medical director of the STD/HIV program at LDH, says currently, only 50-percent of pregnant women get adequately screened and there’s no scheduled end date for the program.

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Lafayette Congressman Clay Higgins is under fire for a strongly worded post on X he made about Haitians calling them thugs and repeating Former President Donald Trump’s claims that they eat pets. ULM Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says that’s basically Higgins being Higgins.

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Higgins said it was never meant to be a dig against Haitian people as a whole. Reporters caught up with Higgins at the Capitol

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A man arrested over 40 times in St. John the Baptist Parish, was apprehended again this week booked at the Sherman Walker Correctional Center on charges of resisting an officer, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Sheriff Mike Tregre (treg) says he doesn’t know how Casey Spies keeps getting released and arrested over and over. Judge Vercell Fiffie (fee-fee) set Spies’ bond for this arrest at $10,500, which he posted after paying a 10-percent cash bond of $1,050, resulting in his release two and a half hours later.

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The Louisiana Department of Health launches a new pilot program to increase opportunities for pregnant women to get tested for syphilis. LDH STD/HIV program director, Dr. Stephanie Taylor says currently, only 50-percent of pregnant women get adequately screened.

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Southwest Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins is under fire for a post he made on X calling Haitians thugs and slapstick gangsters. It was in response to an article about a Haitian nonprofit suing former President Donald Trump and running mate JD Vance over claims of them eating pets.  ULM Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says Higgins displayed this kind of behavior even before he was elected to Congress.

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Democrats, including the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, have called on the House to censure Higgins, but Cross says that’s likely not going to happen.

The Louisiana Department of Health launches a new pilot program aimed at increasing opportunities for pregnant women to get tested for syphilis. Dr. Stephanie Taylor, the medical director of the STD/HIV program for LDH, says it’s a rapid test.

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A Laplace man arrested over 40 times in St. John the Baptist Parish, was arrested again this week and was out on bond less than three hours later.

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A Lake Charles man arrested this month for allegedly sexually abusing a girl under 13 now has more charges. Further investigation revealed that 32-year-old Andrew Taraba offered to pay the girl during two of the incidents, so he is now charged with trafficking of children for sexual purposes.

Lafayette Congressman Clay Higgins is coming under fire for a social media post about Haitians, with Democrats demanding that he be censured. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Offices confirmed that a person was shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy Thursday morning in Hahnville.  The person shot is a male, but authorities have not given an age or name.  Sheriff’s Office says the deputy was not injured, The shooting occurred at about 745 am on Nicholas Street near River Road.  Investigators were still on the scene just before 10 am.  NO other details were available at this time.

A Laplace man arrested over 40 times in St. John the Baptist Parish, was apprehended again this week. Casey Spies’ criminal record dates to 2008 with some charges such as aggravated and simple burglary, possession of methamphetamine and heroin, battery of law enforcement officers, and false imprisonment. Sheriff Mike Tregre says the hardest part is keeping morale up for himself and his deputies…

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Kenner Police took down a scam website that mimicked the Geaux Pass website. Kenner Police Chief Keith Conley says people, including some of his officers, were alerted to the website after getting a text message from an unknown number with an image demanding the payment of a $3.75 toll.

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Southwest Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins is receiving criticism for a post he made on X calling Haitians thugs and slapstick gangster. It was in response to an article about a Haitian nonprofit suing former President Donald Trump and running mate JD Vance over claims of them eating pets. Democrats, including the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, have called on the House to censure Higgins. ULM Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says it’s unlikely, however, that Higgins’ fellow Republicans will hold him accountable.

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Higher Education Commissioner Kim Hunter Reed heard from the Landry Administration that the state’s public universities and colleges could be facing a 250-million dollar cut in state funding because of a temporary state sales tax expires in July. Reed says this type of cut would have negative impacts…

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Kenner Police has seized a fraudulent website operating on a Russian server. The website is responsible for a phishing scam that sent out fraudulent text messages claiming the recipient of the text message has an unpaid toll fee of $3.75. Kenner Police Chief Keith Conley says Detective Brad Ricky worked hard on this case…

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Conley says people need to know that no government agency will ever ask for money through any electronic means.

The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested a man for the first 41^st time this week. Casey Spies was booked for suspected involvement of distributing methamphetamine. Spies criminal record dates back to 2008 and Sheriff Mike Tregre admits its frustrating for his deputing to keep arresting this man, only to see him back on the streets a few days or weeks later…

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Lafayette Congressman Clay Higgins is coming under fire for a post on X he made about Haitians. After a Haitian nonprofit sued Former President Donald Trump and running mate J.D. Vance over their claims of them eating pets, Higgins repeated that claim in his post, and referred to the Haitians as thugs and slapstick gangsters who needed to get out of the country. ULM Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says that’s basically Higgins being Higgins.

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The chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus says the House should censure Higgins over his comments. Higgins has since deleted the post.

A man who has been arrested over 40 times in St. John the Baptist Parish, was apprehended again this week. Sheriff Mike Tregre (treg) says this arrest stemmed from a St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division investigation that began in June, targeting Casey Spies for suspected involvement in distributing methamphetamine.

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Following Spies latest arrest, he bonded out again.

The Kenner Police Department has received permission from a state judge to seize a fraudulent website that is operating from a Russian server. It’s all related to scam where Louisiana residents were receiving a text message claiming they had unpaid toll fees of $3.75 or face a 30-dollar fine if the amount is not paid. Kenner Police Chief Keith Conley says the scammers were using that small amount to gain access to other valuable information.

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It’s unknown how many people may have fallen victim to this scam.

Louisiana Tech’s freshman enrollment is the largest in the school’s hstory and total enrollment is as high as it’s been since 2018. University president Jim Henderson says a student at Tech has more than 135 degree programs to choose from., which is one of many reasons why a student wants to be a Bulldog..

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