New Orleans Representative Jason Hughes continues to call for leadership changes with the Department of Children and Family Services after the state agency admitted they failed to follow up properly after receiving three reports of a child subjected to substance abuse. That two-year-old child died in June of a drug overdose. Hughes says he’s tired of excuses…
State Police is investigating a fatal police shooting in Cut Off. Trooper Ross Brennan says the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of a domestic disturbance, shots were fired, and an officer Port Fourchon Harbor Police discharged his weapon striking 32-year-old Geraldo Reyes.
The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission’s Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Campaign is underway through Labor Day. Spokesperson Mark Lambert…
He says officers are specially trained to detect impaired drivers and it’s not about writing tickets for revenue it’s about changing behavior and saving lives.
The widow of former Governor Edwin Edwards, Trina Edwards is engaged. Former Louisiana House speaker and Senate President John Alario popped the question outside Ruth’s Chris Friday night on her 44th birthday. On Jim Engster’s Talk Louisiana this morning she said Alario opted to propose in the car before dinner because it was raining.
As for when the two will get married Trina Edwards says they haven’t set a date yet but most likely it will be next year.