We now know the names of the New Orleans police officers who shot and killed the terrorist who plowed a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street New Year’s Day. They are Nigel Daggs, Christian Byer and Jacobie Jordan, and Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick calls them national heroes.
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Body camera footage shows officers approaching Jabbar’s pickup truck after it crashed into construction equipment near the intersection of Bourbon and Bienville streets.
The agent for former LSU star wide receiver Kyren Lacy issues a statement following the issuing of a warrant for his arrest. Louisiana State Police say on December 17th, Lacy was driving recklessly when he caused a crash on Highway 20 in Lafourche Parish that killed 78-year-old Herman Hall of Thibodaux. Lacy’s agent says he is fully cooperating with authorities and that the facts will ultimately demonstrate the truth.
The New Orleans icon, Hubig’s Pies, debuts nostalgic King Cakes for this Carnival Season. Jeanne (ZHAHN) Burns has more.
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If indulging in those king cakes blows your new year’s resolution to smithereens, you can always get back on the wagon. Candida Rebello, the director of the nutrition and chronic disease program at LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center, says people tend to eat based on the size of the portion and not by the calorie content.