The state department of transportation is starting a new program that will allow businesses to get involved in cleaning up the litter along state highways. It’s called “Sponsor A Highway.” DOTD spokesperson Rodney Mallett says local businesses can sponsor one-mile segments of a highway and the cost of that sponsorship will help pay for litter removal…
The “Sponsor a Highway” program will start in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette and Shreveport, with the hopes of expanding.
Preseason camp continues for the Tigers, but freshman running back JT Lindsey remains suspended from the team for allegedly harboring two teenagers wanted for murder inside his dorm room. WAFB-TV investigative reporter Chris Nakamoto says this is a serious charge against Lindsey…
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A New Orleans Police officer is facing prostitution and malfeasance charges after he allegedly coordinated and paid women in exchange for sexual relations on multiple occasions while he was on duty in the French Quarter. NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick is moving forward with the process of terminating Johnson, unless he can prove the allegations are false…
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The officer has been identified as 56-year-old Terrance Johnson who has been on the force since 1997.
Louisiana is seeing an increase in the number of people infected with Vibrio vulnificus, commonly called flesh eating bacteria. The state has reported 20 people have been hospitalized and four people have died from this infection. This dangerous bacteria can be found in warm coastal waters and raw seafood, so State Epidemiologist Theresa Sokol says it’s important to pay attention to skin infections…
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