A teenage carjacker was shot and killed Thursday night after he fired on Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s deputies trying to arrest him. The incident happened very near the Jefferson/Orleans parish line in Algiers. The suspect is not identified because he is only 16. No officers were hurt in the gunfire.
Congressman Garret Graves says according to an independent study, Louisiana is the most overpriced state in the country for flood insurance. He says the non-profit group First Street did the analysis.
Graves says the agency should be investing in infrastructure to protect areas vulnerable to flooding instead of overcharging policyholders.
Southern and LSU meet Saturday in a historic football matchup, but to leaders of the two schools, it’s much more than a game. It’s a chance to bridge historic racial, cultural, and academic divides. Dr. Dennis Shields is Chancellor of Southern University.
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So, imagine your 71-year-old friend who’s never been gator hunting in their life, tells you he caught one that weighs more than 740 pounds. You’d laugh at them, right? Well, Jerry Sepulvado of Calhoun did just that Wednesday on Lake St. John. So, what does one do with an almost 12-foot alligator that weighs more than 750 pounds, Sepulvado says you sell it…