West Monroe Senator Jay Morris is accused of using a racially derogatory term during a heated debate over a new Congressional District map. Because tensions were running high, the meeting was briefly paused. Louisiana Democratic Party Executive Director Dadrius Lanus says when Morris got up from his seat, he told him to “Shut Up Boy”…
Morris denies using the word “boy” when he told audience members behind him to hush up.
Triple-A is expecting a record 39-point-one million people will travel to a destination by car for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. AAA spokesperson Don Redman says the high gas prices will not keep people home for the first official summer weekend of the year…
Cut 11 (09) “…just gasoline alone”
Registered Democratic voters seem to be more energized about voting in the May 16th primary. Based on totals provided by the Secretary of State’s Office 45-hundred more registered Democrats than registered Republicans either early voted or turned in absentee ballots. But pollster John Covillon says it doesn’t mean a Democrat has a chance of pulling off an upset when the general election happens in November for the U-S Senate race…
Cut 5 (07) “….John Bel Edwards did”
But Covillon says a large voter turnout of Democrats for the May 16th primary could spell trouble for the five constitutional amendments on the ballot.
Sad story out of Concordia Parish as a 19 and 17-year-old are dead as a result of single vehicle wreck over the weekend. State Police Trooper Casey Wallace says it’s believed the driver, 18-year-old Grogory Steele of Vidalia was impaired…
Cut 13 (08) “…traffic violations”
The two people who died have been identified as 19-year-old Jacob Bonnette of Vidalia and 17-year-old Michelle Baity of Natchez.