High school sweethearts from Jefferson Parish are dead after being hit by an SUV. Baton Rouge Police say 21-year-olds Shane Hirstius (HERSE-tus) and Leah Fonte were walking on a shoulder near Tigerland when they were hit. Hirstius played one season of college baseball at Delgado Community College in New Orleans in 2024. Delgado Head Coach Joe Scheuermann (“sherman”) says Hirstius’ high school coach at Archbishop Rummel, Frank Cazeaux, called him with the tragic news.
The 20-year-old driver is facing several charges.
The latest campaign finance report shows that Republican Julia Letlow has 476-thousand dollars more in cash on hand than her Democratic opponent Jamie Davis. ULM Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says you would think Letlow would have a more sizable fundraising advantage.
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Some heated moments at last week’s LSU Board of Supervisors meeting, as campus police remove a student who tried to question members about the university’s handling of rape allegations against football player Damien Shanklin. Ziad Eissa raised the issue during public comment at a meeting where comments were limited to LSU men’s basketball coach Will Wade’s contract.
A Webster Parish homeowner fatally shoots a man who was breaking into his home. Investigators say following a crash, 44-year-old Billy McFarland tried breaking into a mobile home. The homeowner shot McFarland several times, killing him. Sheriff Jayson Parker says because homeowners have every right to defend themselves inside their own homes, the department will not be filing any charges against the homeowner.
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Sheriff Parker notes that the vehicle McFarland was in was going more than 100 miles an hour at the time of the crash.