The dust has barely settled from last week’s midterm elections, but attention is already shifting to next year’s governor’s race. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Former Democratic governor John Bel Edwards has told the Advocate he has no plans of running for governor despite several people encouraging him to do so. There is a question on whether Edwards could run for governor because of a constitutional amendment approved last week limiting governors to two lifetime terms.
A St. Tammany Parish priest has been arrested on theft charges after he allegedly diverted 21-thousand dollars in church funds into his personal bank account over a two and a half year period. Forty-four-year-old Reverend Daniel Okafor is accused of stealing the money from St. Jane in Abita Springs. Lt. Suzanne Carboni says anyone who believes they may have been a victim of financial misconduct should contact the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office…
14 Grambling football players have been suspended for their involvement in a postgame brawl after the G-Men fell to Arkansas-Pine Bluff 35-32 on Saturday. Moments after the final whistle, both benches cleared and several fights broke out across the field. Tigers coach Mickey Joseph says it was unacceptable.
The SWAC is also fining both schools 25-thousand dollars.