Nearly two weeks after Georgia business exec, Nathan Millard went missing from a downtown bar in Baton Rouge, Police Chief Murphy Paul discussed the case earlier today on Jim Engster’s – Talk Louisiana radio show. Millard was in town for business and disappeared after leaving Happy’s Irish Pub last week. Paul says they’re utilizing all resources to find out what happened to Millard.
If you have any information about Millard, you are encouraged to contact BRPD or Crimestoppers.
Expect an active weather pattern across the state today. The greatest risk for severe weather is for the Shreveport-Ruston area. LRN meteorologist John Wetherbee says severe weather with a tornado threat is expected in northwest Louisiana.
The entire state is under a wind advisory.
A new literacy program funded by the state is currently available to help pre-K4 through 5th-grade students who are reading below grade level. The state collaborated with Scholastic – for Reading Enrichment and Academic Deliverables will deliver free books to students. Deputy Superintendent for the Department of Education, Jenna Chiasson, says the READ initiative offers engagement for students and parents.
Cut 10 (10) “…what they’re reading.”
READ is the result of an Act passed in the 2022 legislative session.
Representative Bill Wheat – a Republican from Ponchatoula – would like to cease drilling of carbon capture wells in Lake Maurepas. It’s only one of about $ 20 billion projects in carbon planned or under consideration in south Louisiana. Wheat plans to file a bill in the regular legislative session in April that would impose a moratorium on carbon sequestration until certain environmental concerns are addressed.
Cut 13 (11) “…wildlife management area.”
Wheat says his bill is not an anti-carbon drilling crusade but aimed at defending a fragile ecosystem.