A correctional officer is now behind bars facing murder charges in the death of his wife and child. Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Glen Sterling says they were called to a Monroe residence just after 1:30 Sunday afternoon.
26-year old Bardwell was immediately fired from his job upon his arrest and is charged with two counts of second-degree murder.
November marks the last official month of the Atlantic hurricane season, but State Climatologist Barry Keim is cautious about writing off the possibility of more hurricanes occurring before the end of the month because a La Nina is rearing its ugly head as the season ends, the same as happened last year.
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Governor John Bel Edwards is in Scotland this week. LSU climate change policy expert Edward Richards says the governor’s appearance at the United Nations Climate Change Conference shows Louisiana is beginning to take climate change seriously.
Cut 7 (11) “…gas driven state.”
But Richards says that as long as Louisiana is primarily identified with the oil and gas industry, it’ll be hard to convince people that the state is serious about climate change.
A new study from the website “Jerry,” ranks Louisiana the worst state to own an electric car. Lakshmi Iyengar (LUCK-shmee EYE-en-gar) a data scientist for the auto insurance shopping help site says if electric cars don’t catch on faster in Louisiana, it’s likely a “chick-or-the-egg” type conundrum.