The first meeting of the task force studying the impact of illegal immigration was held today in Baton Rouge. Eric Gill reports…
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Football coach Les Miles is known as a good recruiter, but can he convince his youngest son to come to LSU. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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A grand jury has indicted a man and his pregnant girlfriend in the death of a sex offender who repeatedly assaulted the woman throughout her childhood. 21-year-old Jace Crehan and 18-year-old Brittany Monk, both of Walker, face second degree murder charges in the death of 47-year-old Robert Noce of Zachary. Legal analyst Tim Meche says this is not a difficult case for prosecutors…
Noce’s body was found inside a 55-gallon drum after he was stabbed and strangled. Officials say Noce had just begun serving probation for sexually abusing Monk when he was killed. Meche says doesn’t think the judge will allow evidence of the abuse to be presented to the jury…
Authorities say Crehan admitted to the crime and placed Monk at the scene. Meche says Monk will have to prove that the sexual abuse rendered her mentally insane at the time of the murder or that she feared for her life…
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The first meeting of the task force studying the impact of illegal immigration was held today in Baton Rouge. Task force chairperson Denham Springs Representative Valarie Hodges says ignoring the problem of illegal immigration effects the quality of life for everyone…
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Hodges says taxpayers are forced to pay for the cost of providing for every illegal immigrant under the age of 18. She says it’s difficult to know how much illegal immigrants are costing the state because most departments do not track that information. Hodges says you can’t fix what you can’t identify…
Louisiana is among the top 10 states that receive unaccompanied alien children. Hodges says another meeting is planned next month that will include the Department of Health and Hospitals and the Department of Education giving updated data to the task force. She says the purpose of this task force is not to solve the problem of illegal immigration…
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Les Miles is hoping his youngest son will one day play for him at LSU. Tigers recruiting coordinator Frank Wilson has offered Ben Miles a scholarship to play at LSU. Miles is a fullback for the Catholic High Bears in Baton Rouge. And Miles says the scholarship offer is deserving
Miles had trouble convincing two of his other children to stay close to home for college. His daughter “Smacker” Miles is a swimmer at Texas and his son, Manny, is a walk-on at North Carolina. Miles hopes Ben will wear the purple and gold…
Ben Miles’ high school coach, Dale Weiner, is expecting big things from Miles as he enters his junior season. Coach Miles hopes one day he’ll be coaching his son…
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Now that a federal judge has ruled against the NFL in the Tom Brady deflate-gate case, does this open up the door for Saints Coach Sean Payton to sue the league in order to recoup the money he lost when he was suspended without pay in 2012 for Bounty Gate? Legal analyst Chick Foret says Brady’s case was covered by the collective bargaining agreement that all players are involved in…:
Also suspended over the alleged Saints illegal pay for pain program was General Manager Mickey Loomis who was out 8 games, and Assistant Head Coach Joe Vitt who was punished for 6 games. Foret says the good news for Payton is that he has the same agent that helped Brady, Don Yee…:
Payton did not earn any of his $7.5 million dollar salary when he was banned from the team for an entire season. Foret says it might be a longshot for Payton to get back that money, but not many people thought Brady would win either. He says U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman did not rule on whether or not Brady altered footballs…:
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