Louisiana National Guardsmen participating in Operation Lone Star have arrived in Texas. Brooke Thorington has more.
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The McNeese State fanbase is excited to see where the men’s basketball team will play in the NCAA Tournament. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Many times after a car crash, debris is left behind, adding to the state’s litter problem. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser has asked State Police, police chiefs and sheriffs to make sure vehicle bumpers, glass, tire fragments and personal belongings are picked up after the vehicles are towed away. He says it will make our roadways cleaner and safer…
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A litter study by Keep Louisiana Beautiful found nearly 10 percent of all litter on Louisiana’s roadways consists of car accident debris.
Nungesser says the cleanup of debris from car accidents falls on wrecker services. And he’s working with law enforcement to make sure tow trucks do their job.
The goal is to remove all debris left on roadways from accidents to make Louisiana roadways safer. Nungesser says sometimes that debris ends up on the road in a travel lane.
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Louisiana National Guardsmen participating in Operation Lone Star have arrived in Texas. LANG spokesperson Lt. Col Noel (No-elle) Collins says fifty soldiers begin their first of three 30-day rotations today at the southern border.
As part of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, Governor Jeff Landry signed off on sending Louisiana guardsmen at the request of Texas Governor Greg Abbott. Collins anticipates the soldiers will be assisting with patrols to prevent, detect, and deter illegal crossings.
Collins says the soldiers that are in Texas for the first rotation are part of the 2nd of the 108th Cavalry Regiment out of Shreveport. She says they are properly trained and equipped to assist with Operation Lone Star.
The mission is scheduled to wrap in mid-June.
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Former LSU basketball player and Ukrainian, Roman Rubchenko, is in Louisiana to raise awareness of the humanitarian aid needed due to the Russian invasion. Rubchenko says before coming to Louisiana, he tried to meet with House Speaker Mike Johnson…
House Speaker Mike Johnson opposes a $95 billion foreign security aid bill passed by the Senate, but the Republican from Bossier Parish has told the Politco he’s interested in approving a stand alone funding bill for Ukraine, despite objections from his own party. Rubchenko is pleading with Congress to provide this aid…
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The six-foot-nine Rubchenko played at LSU from 1992 to 1996. He was living in Kyiv in 2022 when Russia began its attack on Ukraine. Thousands have been killed on both sides, including more than 10-thousand civilians since the Russia strikes started. Rubchenko says the urgency is high because Ukraine is running low on ammunition…
Rubchenko made these comments on Talk Louisiana with Jim Engster.
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The LSU Lady Tigers will find out Sunday night who they will play in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. The defending national champs won ten in a row before losing to South Carolina last Sunday. ESPN bracketologist Charlie Creme predicts LSU will be a two seed…
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LSU will host the first two rounds of the tournament and their first game will be either Friday or Saturday.
The Lady Tigers are 28-and-5 and two of their losses came against top ranked South Carolina. Creme says a third meeting with the Gamecocks will have to wait until the Final Four in Cleveland…
The NCAA Women’s Basketball Selection Show is at 7 PM.
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The McNeese men’s basketball team is in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2002 and the Lake Charles community is crazy about the Bayou Bandits. Jim Gazzolo covers the team for the American Press and says it didn’t take for first year head coach Will Wade to win over the fanbase…
The Cowboys are 30-3 and Gazzolo says they’ll have a decent seed despite coming from a conference that will only have one team in the Big Dance…
The NCAA Tournament Selection Show is at 5 PM.