LSU football head coach Ed Orgeron says he’s disappointed they’ll have to reschedule this weekend’s game against Bama due to a COVID outbreak amongst the Tigers but says the team’s health staff are making the right call to keep the players safe. For the time being O says they’re focusing on their game against Arkansas the following weekend…
O also mentioned starting QB Myles Brennan was likely done for the year.
55 of 64 parishes voted to legalize sports betting November 3rd, paving the way for the Legislature to finally approve the activity in the upcoming April session. Metairie Senator Cameron Henry says it’ll bring in new revenue to the state, but not for the nine parishes that voted no…
Baton Rouge Democratic State Senator Cleo Fields questioned the new head of State Police Lamar Davis about ways policing policy could be improved at a committee meeting dedicated to police reform. Fields says one step would be barring troopers from turning off their dash and body cameras when interacting with the public…
Fields suggested utilizing always-on recording technology for troopers but the State Police Legislative Liaison then recounted situations, such as bathroom breaks, where a blanket policy of automatic recording might be inappropriate.
Lucille Bridges, the mother of civil rights activist Ruby Bridges, who walked with her then-6-year-old daughter past crowds screaming racist slurs as she became the first Black student at her all-white New Orleans elementary school, has died at the age of 86.