The Louisiana Legislative Auditor conducted an audit of the handling of sexual assault kits collected from July 2024 through December 2025. Performance Audit Manager Kristin Jacobs says the audit found that nearly one out of every five had not been submitted to a crime lab for testing.
Jacobs says it’s important to note that that doesn’t necessarily mean that those sexual assault kits were mishandled – it could mean that law enforcement has closed the case, or the kits could still be pending lab testing.
Federal employees, including 50-thousand in Louisiana, are experiencing soaring health insurance costs. John Hatton with the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association says those increases mean for many, health insurance becomes their second biggest monthly expense, behind only housing.
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A Tangipahoa Parish teenager has been arrested after allegedly crashing an ATV on a public road that injured three others. 18-year-old Mason Simpson was previously arrested in July on a DWI charge and was out on bond. Sheriff Gerald Sticker says information about the ATV crash will be sent to the judge overseeing his DWI case.
One of the riders injured in the crash remains hospitalized.
Lane Kiffin called back to his time in L-A and brought out the stars for the LSU-Alabama game on Saturday. Shaq, Angel Reese, Paul Skenes, Livvy Dunne and Kevin Costner all joined Kiffin for the Tiger walk. Kiffin says he met Costner years ago, and it was great to introduce him to the passion and tailgating in the South.