4:30 LRN Newscast March 03

Lawyers for New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell are expected to take legal action after the number of signatures needed to trigger a recall election of the mayor has been decreased. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin reached an agreement with the NoLaToya campaign on a number of signatures after it was determined there are about 25-thousand inactive voters on the Orleans Parish voter rolls. Ardoin explains why keeping an accurate voter count is tough in Orleans…:

CUT 05(09)      “…after them.”

The NoLaToya campaign is not saying how many signatures they collected. They now need about 45-thousand. Ardoin believes the verification count will be very close.

State Police open up their website and social media to public comment, complain, praise…general input. Trooper Melissa Matey says you can find that link at “LSP.org”…:

CUT 13(09)      “…those concerns.”

You can also interact on their Facebook or Instagram.

 

A Livingston Parish contractor has been convicted of fraud for taking money from multiple victims of Hurricane Ida, but not completing the agreed-upon work. 30-year-old Jeffry Dale Hebert was sentenced to 20 years in prison for taking tens of thousands of dollars from numerous victims.

Crawfish season is starting to heat up. What can you expect by way of size, price and availability? Teiko Foxx has more…:

CUT 02(30)      “…Foxx.”