The Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Department has made an arrest in the 1977 cold-case murder of a Golden Meadow woman who was found shot in the back in a restaurant. LPSD spokesperson Brennan Matherne says on October 10th 1977 Deputies found 32-year-old Dianne Vegas on the floor of the Chicken House restaurant. They now believe her husband murdered her.
78-year-old Chester Vegas of Cut Off is charged with 2nd Degree Murder and left the Lafourche Parish Correctional Complex Friday night after posting bail.
A broad area of low pressure in the Bay of Campeche may bring heavy rain to Louisiana late this week, but State Climatologist Barry Keim says it is unlikely to develop into the first hurricane of the season…
Governor Edwards is expected to veto two controversial bills that are headed to his desk, one involving removing the requirement to be permitted to carry a concealed handgun and the other restricting trans athletes from playing on girls or women’s sports teams. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says despite the strong support for these two bills in the session he doubts lawmakers will care enough about them to call a veto override session…
If both chambers do agree to return for a veto session it will take a two-thirds majority vote of both houses to override a veto.
Louisiana Community and Technical College System President Monty Sullivan is celebrating the impending signing of legislation that will create grants of up to 6,400 dollars for working-class Louisiana adults who want to get degrees or certifications in one of five in-demand programs…