State and local officials in the greater New Orleans metro area have formed a task force to catch child predators on the internet. Colleen Crain has the story.
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A Caddo Parish grand jury has indicted Nicholas Alexander for first-degree murder in the death of Vivian police Officer Marc Brock. 25 year old Brock was fatally shot back in November while attempting to serve an arrest warrant. Alexander also faces three misdemeanor counts of cyberstalking for allegedly threatening individuals electronically days before the shooting.
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Qualifying begins today for Louisiana’s new closed party primary elections for U.S. Senate and House. State Treasurer John Fleming told the Louisiana Radio Network he will file his paperwork at nine this morning. LaPolitics Publisher Jeremy Alford says Fleming is hoping to be a factor in the Republican Senate Primary headlined by Incumbent Bill Cassidy and challenger Julia Letlow.
For the fourth semester in a row, McNeese saw its enrollment increase. For the spring semester, its enrollment went up 5.3-percent – its biggest spring enrollment increase in 16 years. Interim President Kedrick Nicholas says enrollment has increased steadily since taking a major hit during the pandemic.