The search for missing Georgia business executive Nathan Millard who went missing in Downtown Baton Rouge intensifies. More from Teiko Foxx…
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The Louisiana Association of Business & Industry’s Annual Meeting today in Baton Rouge will feature the first forum of 2023 Governor candidates….:
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Two farmers and a retired educator will be inducted into the Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction this evening. Don Molino has more.
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During his weekly press conference, Senator Bill Cassidy addressed comments from the FBI and federal Energy Department saying COVID-19 most likely got out of a viral research lab in Wuhan, China. Cassidy reminds us that former President Trump and others were scorned and ridiculed for suggesting as much during the pandemic…:
Media outlets told people worldwide the virus emerged “organically:” from people consuming animals at a Wuhan “wet market.” Any other theories were considered paranoid fantasy. Cassidy says health and government officials told us many things about COVID that have since proven to be inaccurate, or even untrue…:
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Cassidy says a great deal of misinformation about the coronavirus has come from official sources, who may been trying to deceive or were simply wrong…:
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Newly released photos show 42-year-old Nathan Millard (Me-lard) inside a downtown Baton Rouge hotel before he vanished. Millard, a Georgia executive and married father of five, disappeared after leaving Happy’s Irish Pub on February 22. Texas EquuSearch Search Coordinator, Kristen Harvey says he has not been seen since.
Millard was in town for a business meeting and went to an LSU basketball game with a client. Harvey says volunteers with their organization will be in town today combing the area.
Harvey says video shows an individual using Millard’s debit cards at the Greyhound bus station in Baton Rouge.
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Anyone with information on Millard’s disappearance can contact BRPD at 225-389-3853.
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The Louisiana Association of Business & Industry’s Annual Meeting today in Baton Rouge will feature the first forum of 2023 Governor candidates. LABI President & CEO Stephen Waguespack says the four declared republican candidates – A.G. Jeff Landry, Treasurer John Schroder, and state legislators Sharon Hewitt and Richard Nelson – are confirmed to be there, speak and answer questions…:
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LABI has embarked on an effort they call “LA 23”; a strategic game plan to help make Louisiana and economic driver by 2030. Waguespack says that will also be a big focus of today’s LABI Annual Meeting…:
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The LABI event gets underway this morning at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Baton Rouge. The candidates’ forum will take place during the luncheon. Waguespack says the theme is the future of the state and its future leaders…:
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Congresswoman Julia Letlow wants to give parents legal protections so they can inquire about what their child is being taught in school with the Parents Bill of Rights Act. Letlow says during the pandemic parents were exposed to their child’s lesson plans and when they questioned them…
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The act gives parents the right to know what their child is being taught, the right to be heard, the right to see a school’s budget, and the right to protect their child’s privacy and to keep them safe.
As a former educator, Letlow says the bill isn’t an attack on teachers whatsoever, it merely helps build a foundation between teachers, schools, and parents.
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Louisiana State Superintendent of Education Dr. Cade Brumley supports the legislation and Letlow says upon introduction she’s received positive feedback on the bill and she’s already received more than 60 co-sponsors.
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LSU announced they will be hiring Defensive Analyst former Georgia and Tennessee Defensive Coordinator John Jancek as the new Special Teams Coordinator and Outside Linebackers Coach for the Tigers. Jancek worked with LSU Head Coach Brian Kelly on his staff at Grand Valley State and Central Michigan and has over 30 years of college football coaching experience, but has never worked as a special teams coordinator. Brody Miller of the Athletic says the move shows LSU is looking for help on the defensive end…
Jancek will play both roles for the Tigers in a somewhat surprising move after special teams may have been LSU’s biggest area of concern last year. With focus divided some fans are concerned that there may not be much improvement, but Miller says that there are no doubts on the amount of attention special teams will receive…
The Tigers return to practice next week as the Tigers look to improve on last year’s 10-win season. Quarterback Jayden Daniels is expected to be one of the top Quarterbacks in the SEC and a dark-horse Heisman prospect for next season but may start the Spring sidelined with a nagging knee injury suffered late last year. Miller says the team, though, isn’t too worried about Daniels missing time…
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The Louisiana Tech Men’s Basketball team has struggled to close out the season, losing their last 6 straight dating back to early February. Their 63-49 loss to Middle Tenessee Saturday was the least the Bulldogs have scored all year. Coach Talvin Hester says the team’s offensive woes are largely due to their lack of depth at point guard, but Junior Forward Isaiah Crawford has been one bright spot averaging 15 points, 6 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals a game over the last month…
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LA Tech is set to host FIU in a rematch of the 4 point loss that started the Bulldogs’ 6-game skid. FIU has also struggled to find a rhythm losing their last four, but Hester knows his team needs to prepared for the Panthers. Hester says he expects more full-court pressure from a team that forced 23 turnovers against the ‘Dogs…
Tip-off is at 6:00