Governor Bobby Jindal has joined the viral video craze that other Republican presidential candidates are participating in. In a video produced by Buzzfeed, Jindal is in a push-up competition against “the issues” which are taxes, Obamacare, hyphenated Americans, and Jindal’s own widely panned response to the State of the Union in 2009. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat isn’t sure how this will get him more support…
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GOP presidential hopefuls Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, and Rand Paul have also taken time from their campaigns to shoot offbeat videos as a way of getting attention.
Baton Rouge State Representative Alfred Williams has died. Williams passed away Tuesday night following complications related to a recent knee surgery. Representative Pat Smith of Baton Rouge says she was shocked to hear the news and Williams will be missed…
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Williams was 64-years-old.
State police say an 18-year-old, who was pushing a friend’s disabled SUV out of the roadway in Ascension Parish, was struck and killed by a suspected drunk driver. Trooper Bryan Lee says 41-year-old J Thomas Bowers was traveling on the road and failed to stop before striking Richard Billingsley, Jr…
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Lee says that Bowers was also traveling at speeds faster than allowed along the highway.
The Baton Rouge Fire Department says a 58-year old man died in a Monday night fire that is believed to have been started by a child. They say 58-year-old Martin Osigwe died after going back inside the home to fight the fire. Three children were able to escape the blaze. Authorities say one of the three children who was playing with a lighter likely started the fire. The child, who is under the age of culpability, will not be charged.