An early Sunday morning shooting on the campus of Grambling State leaves one dead and seven others wounded. It’s the second shooting fatality in a matter of days on the campus, prompting a decision to cancel classes today and tomorrow and enforce a curfew. University President Rick Gallot says student safety is their priority.
A 9:30 PM to 6 AM curfew has also been set until further notice.
Now that the coaching future of Ed Orgeron has been decided, LSU begins the search for a new football coach. Tiger Rag Editor Ron Higgins says Atheltic Director Scott Woodward will have a lot of candidates to consider…
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A mounted patrol has returned to Beauregard Parish in southwest Louisiana. Sheriff Mark Herford says the seven-member team has already proven its worth to the community.
Herford says it’s been about 14 years since they had officers on horseback, with this new group of horses going through training so they perform well when sirens are blaring and large crowds are assembled.
AARP has a new website tool up and running that is there to assist veterans access to health care in the state. Troy Broussard with AARP-Louisiana says of the more than 300 thousand vets in the state only a fraction have used their VA health care benefits.
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The website address for vets to learn about health care benefits available to them is AARP.org/VetsHealthNavigator.