LSU makes history as for the first time two players from the same school are the first two picks in the Major League Baseball draft. Jeff Palermo has the story….
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Legislation to increase the tax break for parents whose children attend private school has been signed by the governor. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Paul Skenes is the first LSU player to be selected number one in the Major League Baseball draft since Ben McDonald in 1989. The Pittsburgh Pirates used their top overall pick on Skenes, who features a 100-mile per hour fastball and a wipe out slider
Skenes says he was in shock when Pittsburgh called him and told him they were taking him with the number one overall pick…
The Washington Nationals selected LSU center fielder Dylan Crews with the second overall pick. Crews says he followed the Nats as a kid as he followed former number one overall pick Bryce Harper…
It’s the first time high school or college teammates were selected one-two in the Major League Baseball draft.
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St. Tammany Parish Deputies have arrested 25-year-old Malik Morris of Memphis, Tennessee for allegedly burglarizing five restaurants in the Covington area. Spokesperson Suzanne Carboni says after a brief pursuit, the driver abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot.
Following a brief foot pursuit, the suspect was taken into custody. Carboni says the police chase begin Saturday afternoon on Highway 190 when a deputy tried to pull over Morris’s box truck that was used in the burglaries…
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Morris was also charged with possession of a stolen firearm and vehicular negligent injury. Carboni says Morris may also be tied to other burglaries in the parish…
Morris was booked into the St. Tammany Parish Correctional Center. The investigation is ongoing.
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Beginning next year parents who send their kids to private school will receive an increase of $5,000 to $6,000 tax break per child in Louisiana. The governor signed the legislation that Metairie Representative Laurie Schlegel authored.
The current deduction costs the state about $22-millon annually and that will increase to $24.2 million in 2024. Schlegel says the tax credit actually saves the state half a billion annually. When the bill was before Senate Revenue during the session Pineville Senator Jay Luneau questioned Schlegel about how the additional $1,000 tax credits will impact the state budget.
The $5,000 tax break was added in 2008 and Schlegel says parents who send their child to private school pay on average $7,200 a year and considering inflation the tax break should increase. DeRidder Senator Mike Reese also asked how the loss of additional funds will impact the state’s budget but agreed with the bill’s intent.
The $1,000 increase is the first since the break’s creation 15 years ago.
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A street racing sting by multiple Baton Rouge law enforcement agencies resulted in 26 vehicles towed and a total of 30 citations over the weekend. Spokesperson L’Jean McKneely says they learned the street drivers were getting together and followed them to different areas…
The street racing participants were met with a large law enforcement presence around 11:00 p.m. in the parking lot at the Capital Area Technical College. Participants meet to perform stunts like “donuts” in front of an audience. McKneely says street takeovers will not be tolerated and there will be legal consequences…
McKneely says Baton Rouge authorities are working to deter street racing activities.