Tis the Season… for firing of Head Football coaches. The latest to fall is Grambling State’s Hue Jackson — fired after only two seasons. Grambling lost to Southern in the Bayou Classic and finished the 2023 season 5-6. During Jackson’s 2 years his record is 8 and 14. He served two years of his four-year one point six million dollar contract that paid him $400,000 a year. Grambling will reportedly pay the remaining portion of Jackson’s salary over the current fiscal year.
A unanimous guilty verdict for 18 year old John Honore. Surveillance video showed Honore pulling Linda Frickey out of her vehicle in mid-city New Orleans in March of 2022 and beating her. Then car speeding away in her car, dragging Frickey and severing her arm in the brutal death. The defense argued that Honore did not intend to kill Frickey. Frickey’s sister in law Kathy Richard says the murder was intentional and Honore could have made different choices.
There’s growing concern among veterinarians over a mystery respiratory disease among dogs that’s difficult to treat. Brooke Thorington has more.
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The Humane society of Louisiana receives no government funding says Director Jeff Dorson. He wants you to know that 30 of Louisiana’s 64 parishes have no animal control services. On this Giving Tuesday, He says they heavily rely on donations to care for pets.