Former state senator Karen Carter Peterson received a 22-month prison sentence today after admitting she used more than 140-thousand dollars in campaign funds from her own campaign and the Democratic Party to feed a gambling addiction. Loyola Law Professor Dane Ciolino says Peterson will spend at least a year and a half in prison…
Dakota Theriot plead guilty today to killing five people after a multi-parish shooting spree in 2019. Among his victims in Livingston Parish were his girlfriend, her father, and her brother, then his parents in Ascension Parish. 21st Judicial District Attorney Scott Perilloux says even with Theriot diagnosed with mental illness he expects he’ll be placed with the general population at Angola.
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Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves says his decision on running for governor is coming very soon. On Talk 107.3 in Baton Rouge this morning, Graves says there seems to be a desire to have more than just Attorney General Jeff Landry and Treasurer John Schroder running…:
Graves says now that the U.S. House speaker fight is over, he’ll talk with friends and family and make his decision soon.
Eggs are among the most-increased prices of standard food items; up over 50-percent in one year. Ag Commissioner Dr. Mike Strain says it’s due to an avian flu outbreak, but also supply chain issues and increased costs for production…:
He says the laying hens lost to avian flu can be replaced, but those costs need to retreat before you or I see lower prices for eggs or poultry.