State Police have apprehended a fourth escapee from the Orleans Parish jail break. Authorities arrested 21-year-old Gary Price in New Orleans east. Six fugitives remain on the run.
LSU President William Tate has resigned to be the next president at Rutgers University. LSU’s Vice President for Agriculture Matt Lee will serve as interim president while a nationwide search takes place to find Tate’s replacement.
A survey out of LSU, called the 2025 Louisiana Survey, finds an increase in residents who believe the state is headed in the right direction. It’s now 50-50 on the percentage of residents who say the state is headed in the right direction. Survey director Michael Henderson says with that being said, respondents to the survey believe they are taxed too much…
Cut 7 (12) “…the sales tax”
The state sales tax increased to five-percent on January 1st as a result of a tax reform package approved by the legislature last year.
The Saints are not looking to bring in a veteran quarterback as the team begins OTAs…
Cut 3 (34) “…I’m Colleen Crain.”
Former President Joe Biden’s office says the 82-year-old is reviewing treatment options after he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. LSU Health Shreveport Professor of Urology Doctor Kevin Hebert says according to the statement the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management…
Cut 6 (07) “…from prostate cancer”