At a ceremony in New Orleans, Governor John Bel Edwards posthumously pardoned civil rights pioneer Homer Plessy, the subject of a separate but equal Supreme Court ruling that enabled decades of segregation of black Americans. Keith Plessy, a direct descendant, was on hand for today’s ceremony…
Homer Plessy was a creole man arrested in New Orleans 130 years ago when he refused to leave a whites-only railroad car.
Two children were tragically killed in a house fire early this morning in St. Landry Parish. Opelousas Fire Chief Charles Mason says six people resided, only four escaped. Inside firefighters found two males, one 12 the other 11. In addition to the two fatalities, another child was taken to the hospital.
Cut 10 (05) “…smoke inhalation.”
LSU’s 42-20 loss to Kansas State in the Texas Bowl last night will be known as the Jontre Kirklin game, as the fifth-year senior started his first college game at quarterback. Jeff Palermo has more…