If your cell phone was stolen while partying in New Orleans, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office may have it. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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The deadline to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has arrived. Teiko Foxx has more…
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The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested 11 people this week involved in the theft of dozens of cell phones from people celebrating Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans. Chief Deputy Jimmy Travis says the suspects are members of a Colombian theft ring and they are trying to return stolen phones to the owners…
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Phone numbers are listed on the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Facebook page.
Deputies recovered the phones from a short term rental complex in Tickfaw. Four people were arrested Sunday and 40 cell phones were recovered. Another seven individuals were arrested Monday and additional 122 cell phones recovered. Travis says they might have your phone, but the case is gone…
Travis says if you lost your cell phone in New Orleans do not call their office unless you see your number listed on their Facebook page.
He says the thieves used Faraday Bags to get the phones out of New Orleans and bring them to the Northshore…
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After criticizing Attorney General Jeff Landry and his gubernatorial run Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says they’ve mended fences. Nungesser who’s decided to run for re-election instead of the governor had some harsh words against Landry and the state GOP for endorsing Landry, but the two met recently and made amends.
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The former Plaquemines Parish President who’s seeking his third term as Lt. Governor, says they also discussed projects that are important to him.
Nungesser, who serves on the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board, has been vocal about his opposition to the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project and says while he and Landry disagree on the project, he says Landry did agree to listen to all sides of the issue.
The primary is October 14th.
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Today organizers of the recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell petition will submit signatures to the Orleans Parish of Registrar of Voters office. They needed about 50-thousand signatures to trigger a recall election. UNO Political Science Professor Ed Chervenak expects Cantrell’s campaign to dispute the legality of many of the signatures…
Once the signatures have been counted, the process moves forward. Governor John Bel Edwards will have nearly a week and a half to set a date for an election.
Nearly 20% of recall signatures are declared invalid across the nation. Chervenak says the organizers came in and did what they had to do.
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Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves says he’s getting closer to a decision on whether he’ll run for governor this year. Graves says he was busy during the first six weeks of the year with issues in Washington D-C, but he’s had more time lately to contemplate a possible run
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Graves has represented Louisiana Sixth Congressional District area since 2015. But there are Republicans who feel he would make a great governor. Graves says he still hasn’t made up his mind…
Graves says he continues to be asked if he’ll run for governor…