A Regan man is in custody after driving more than 200 miles to have sex with who he believed was a 13-year-old girl. Brooke Thorington has more
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Baton Rouge Nurse Carla Brown was honored Tuesday for vaccinating more than 2,000 in her door-to-door campaign in memory of her husband who died from COVID. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Today BESE will consider whether or not K-12 schools will abide by the Governor’s mask mandate. Matt Doyle has more…
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President Biden stands behind his decision to withdraw from Afghanistan, saying despite the heartbreak of watching the Taliban take control it was time to put the forever war to rest.
The Taliban swept through the country over the weekend and reestablished control for the first time in 20 years. Congressman Mike Johnson says Biden botched the withdrawal.
Biden counters that in his experience “there is never a good time to withdraw forces”.
The President argued that Americans shouldn’t fight and die in a war that Afghan forces are not willing to fight themselves.” Johnson says retreating sends the wrong message.
Biden said there was no longer a national security interest in keeping American troops there, but Johnson disagrees…
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A professional watch group by the name of Creep Catchers helped put an Egan man behind bars after he solicited what he thought was a thirteen-year-old girl for sex. Oak Grove Police Chief Lewis Russell says they’ve arrested 36-year old James Regan who’s being held without bond and facing numerous charges.
Russell says they were first contacted by Creep Catchers in late July and once Regan sent explicit photographs to their undercover officer, they approached the District Attorney. Then Regan set up a meeting and drove approximately 230 miles to meet who he thought was an underage girl on August 9th.
Russell says once the suspect sent a photo of his vehicle, location and described what he was wearing Oak Grove Police Officers along with deputies from the West Carroll Sheriff’s office went to pick him up.
Regan was booked on an outstanding warrant for indecent behavior with a juvenile and computer-aided solicitation of a minor. A search of his car found sexually related paraphernalia which shows intent. His phone also contained child pornography.
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Baton Rouge Nurse Carla Brown who made national headlines going door to door to help vaccinate people, received a $25,000 check in recognition of her work Tuesday. Brown who lost her husband to COVID before vaccines were available to him has vaccinated more than 2,000 individuals in his memory.
Governor John Bel Edwards praised Brown for her inspiring work. He even announced that the Department of Health named an initiative after her to help get more individuals vaccinated.
While her mission to vaccinate as many as she can is an emotional one, the experience has been joyful also. Brown tells about one interaction where a wife agreed to be vaccinated and eventually the husband was also persuaded.
Brown will also be featured in a Louisiana Healthcare Connections PSA promoting vaccinations.
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BESE meets this morning to consider whether or not to accept the Governor’s statewide mask mandate for K-12 schools.
63 House Republicans penned a letter to BESE asking them to reject the Governor’s mandate and allow school boards to make the decision locally. Alexandria Representative Lance Harris was one of them…
Harris says there are three branches of the Government and the Governor doesn’t have unilateral authority to make this call for K-12 schools.
Governor Edwards insists his statewide mask mandate does apply to schools and can’t be overridden. He says if we want kids to be safe and schools to stay open is with a mask mandate.
Edwards says the school mask mandate is not just about protecting kids…
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LSU is loaded on the defensive line. It’s a group that features several seniors like Ali Gaye, Neil Farrell, and Andre Anthony, plus talented sophomores and freshman like B-J Ojulari, Joseph Evans, Jaquelin Roy and Maason Smith. Anthony says only four guys will play at one time, but anyone is good enough to start…
Anthony believes the defensive line will set the tone for the entire defense…
LSU has been waiting for former five-star running John Emery to emerge as a real threat on offense. Last season the former Destrehan star only rushed for 378 yards and three touchdowns. Emery says he’s motivated to have a big junior campaign…