LSU is serious about winning in women’s basketball as they hire Tickfaw native Kim Mukley, who won three national championships in 21 seasons at Baylor. Taylor Sharp has more…
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A large air and water search continues for the seven crew members still missing from when the Seacor Power capsized off of Louisiana’s coast nearly two weeks ago. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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New Orleans Senator Troy Carter defeated fellow Democrat Karen Carter Peterson in Saturday’s run-off to represent the state’s Second Congressional district. JMC Analytics Pollster John Couvillon says white voters were the key to Carter’s victory…
Couvillon says even though it’s a predominately Democratic district Carter will have to pay some attention to the conservative vote in his district also when making decisions in DC.
Couvillon says Carter promoted his ability to reach across the aisle and it might have been Peterson’s TV ads describing her opponent as a Trump conservative that worked against her.
Voter turnout for the runoff was 17-percent.
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Hall of Famer Kim Mulkey is back home as the Tickfaw native is the new head LSU women’s basketball coach The 58-year-old Mulkey has an impressive resume. Three national championships as head coach at Baylor, two national titles as a player at La Tech and a 1984 Gold Medalist. The voice of the Lady Tigers, Patrick Wright, says it’s a blockbuster hire…
Wright says a hire of this magnitude will bring excitement to a women’s basketball program that has seen a sharp decline in attendance since its run of five straight Final Fours in the mid-2000s. He says Mulkey can make the Lady Tigers title contenders again
Mulkey takes over a program that went 9-and-13 last season. Wright believes Mulkey can make LSU a winner quickly…
Mulkey will be introduced during a 5 PM press conference.
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Louisiana reportedly has one million COVID vaccine doses sitting in coolers as demand for the shot has declined rapidly.
The number of shots administered peaked the week of March 18th at 168,000 and fell to 45,000 last week. Governor John Bel Edwards…
Roughly a third of the state has gotten at least one shot, third-worst in the nation.
Edwards says the state is doing its best to persuade those on the fence. Today they sent out over 100,000 letters to residents encouraging them to utilize a mass vaccination site in Baton Rouge.
That FEMA mass vaccination site in Baton Rouge is capable of administering 3,000 shots a day. Edwards says right now it’s only doing about 100 a day.
The ongoing public health emergency declaration expires Wednesday. Edwards says the last restrictions will not get lifted until enough people get vaccinated.
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The search continues for the seven crewmembers of the Seacore Power who remain missing after the commercial lift boat capsized nearly two weeks ago during stormy weather in the Gulf of Mexico. United Cajun Navy volunteers have recovered hard hats and life jackets that say Seacore Power. Ronnie Adams from the reality TV Show Swamp People say it’s an encouraging sign
The life jackets were found near Whiskey Island, which is 33 miles west of where the lift boat flipped. Hundreds of people are involved in the search and Adams says they have dozens of boats leaving Cocodrie to search the waters. He says the United Cajun Navy is accepting donations…
They also have volunteers on foot and A-T-Vs searching the marshland. Volunteer Cindy Reily says they have one goal…