Former LSU leader F- King Alexander is resigning his position as Oregon State President effective April 1st amidst an outcry over his handling of sexual misconduct cases during his tenure at LSU. OSU Board Chairwoman Rani Borkar says they planned to discuss Alexander’s future with the university today, but they heard from Alexander over the weekend.
Alexander denied any wrongdoing reported about him in the Husch Blackwell report.
7,488 abortions were performed in 2020 in Louisiana, a nine percent drop from 2019. Louisiana Right to Life Executive Director Ben Clapper says this puts the state’s abortion rate at a 12-year low.
Clapper credited legislative changes and expanded pregnancy center aid. Planned Parenthood says the decrease is the result of increased access to contraception.
Since the Stay-at-Home order a year ago today, a quarter of the state’s largest private employer didn’t survive.
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Houma Police are investigating the shooting death of an 8-year-old last night. The shooter, or shooters, are thought to have been driving a light-colored sedan that was tailing the vehicle the 8-year-old was in. The Crime Stoppers Bayou Region has a 1,000 dollar reward out for any information that could lead to an arrest in this case.