He may have come up just short in his quest to be the next American Idol, but people in his hometown are still proud of their local hero. Andrew Greenstein has more from an American Idol watch party in Brusly last night.
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The Louisiana Department of Education has announced its students of the year for 2025, Mary Thornton from Caddo Parish, Rylann Viator from Erath Middle School, and Neal Tandon from Haynes Academy in Jefferson Parish.
Seven of the ten inmates who escaped from the Orleans Parish Jail on Friday remain on the run. State Police Colonel Robert Hodges says they are urging the public to provide tips. The reward money for information leading to their capture has increased to 20-thousand dollars per fugitive. Hodges says they have good intelligence, but…
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Attorney General Liz Murrill is planning to appeal a decision by a New Orleans judge that effectively throws her off the Antoinette Frank case. She’s the former New Orleans police officer who was sentenced to death for killing her partner and two restaurant owners in a robbery in 1995. Frank is seeking post-conviction relief as she fights her death sentence. Murrill disagrees with Judge Kimya Holmes’ ruling that says her office cannot assist the district attorney’s office in this case.