The East Baton Rouge District Attorney’s Office has opened an investigation into a reported rape involving an LSU student athlete. Jeff Palermo has more.
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After eight days on the run, the Caddo Parish inmate who escaped last is back behind bars. Sheriff Henry Whitehorn says U-S Marshals Task Force members apprehended Tre’veon Jackson in Marshall, Texas last night. The 24-year-old Jackson fled from custody on September 14th as a deputy was moving to put him into a transport van. Whitehorn says new policies have since been put in place to make sure this never happens again.
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Louisiana is closing the digital divide faster than many places in the country. According to the latest FCC Broadband Data Collection, Louisiana had the fourth highest proportional growth in the U-S. Veneeth Iyengar (EYE-in-gar), the executive director of Connect-L-A, says Louisiana more than tripled the national average in broadband access increase.
Speaking of tech improvements, Louisiana’s Office of Motor Vehicles has replaced 50 year old technology with a modern AI powered system. Louisiana contracted with CHAMP titles to replace OMV’s outdated legacy computer systems. Governor Jeff Landry says CHAMP gives the public a faster, simpler way to get the services they need. In a video announcement, Landry spoke with a 13-year employee at an OMV office in Baton Rouge.