Former president of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, Stephen Waguespack is running for governor. Waguespack says he would like to redesign the foundation of secondary school to shape the future for students to remain in the state after graduating.
He’s the fifth Republican to announce their gubernatorial candidacy.
A 28-year-old woman and her two daughters – ages 7 and 8 – drowned Sunday on the Gulf Coast in Cameron Parish. Sheriff Ron Johnson says they received a call from campers in the area who saw a 3-year-old boy wandering alone…:
The victim’s 9-year-old son survived, and it listed in stable condition. Johnson says the family was originally from Mississippi and moved to Texas.
A woman was arrested for stealing a state trooper’s vehicle in Metairie Saturday night. Louisiana State Police along with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office pursued and apprehended 24-year-old Bethany Holmes of Marksville. State Trooper Kate Stegall says Holmes hit several vehicles during the police pursuit.
Holmes was charged with several offenses including possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Former LSU men’s basketball coach Will Wade was introduced today as the new head coach of the McNeese Cowboys. LSU fired Wade a year ago after the NCAA alleged he helped supply impressible cash payments to recruits and their families. Wade is excited for the chance to turn around a program in an area of the state still in hurricane recovery…
Wade takes over a program that went 11-and-23 this past season.