A Dr. Martin Luther King exhibit is traveling this month and next through the University of Louisiana system campuses. The “Carrying on the Dream” exhibit is on display today and tomorrow on the campus of Louisiana Tech in Ruston. La Tech spokesperson Tonya Oaks Smith says they are fortunate to host the display today.
Governor John Bel Edwards sent his message to Louisiana in honor of the celebration of Martin Luther King Jr’s national holiday this morning. The governor focused his words on continuing the fight for equality, specifically within our criminal justice system.
Edwards cited the recent pardon of Homer Plessy as an example of Louisianans working together to right a historic wrong.
Power has finally been restored to the coastal town of Grand Isle four and half months after Hurricane Ida. Grand Isle Mayor David Camardelle says the electricity has arrived just in time for the cold weather and credits Entergy for its non-stop efforts…
Camardelle says after Ida’s landfall state agencies and Entergy worked together to put most of the power infrastructure underground
A fatal hit and run crash Sunday night in Lafayette placed investigators in danger when a woman drove through barricades surrounding the crime scene. Lafayette PD Sgt Robin Green says police were on the scene of a pedestrian hit and run when Dominique Mills almost hit officers. Green urges motorists to pay attention.
Mills was charged with two counts of attempted murder of a police officer and operating while intoxicated.