All Sulphur Police and Fire Department Vehicles will soon display “In God We Trust” decals. Emelie Gunn has more on how the community is divided over this addition…
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The SEC Network will air a documentary tonight about the life of Bo Rein, LSU’s coach going into the 80s who died in a plane crash before ever coaching a game for the Tigers. Eric Gill reports.
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Senator Bill Cassidy testified this morning during a US House Natural Resources Committee field hearing in New Orleans. The purpose of the hearing was to discuss how current federal policies impact oil and natural gas development in the Gulf of Mexico. Cassidy says policies need to be changed for offshore oil production to flourish…
He says current federal regulations are holding development in the Gulf back, hurting the job market. Cassidy says federal policies leave over 63 million acres in the Gulf unavailable for oil and gas production…
He says it’s time for America to be energy independent. Cassidy says it’s vital for the federal government to ease regulations so that oil and gas production in the Gulf can continue to grow…
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“In God We Trust” decals will be applied to both Sulphur Police and Fire Department vehicles this week. The community is funding these stickers so they don’t cost anything but many people still aren’t pleased with this addition. Police Chief Lewis Coats says in this negative world, he wants to bring some positive.
Coats says the officers are eager and excited to display the stickers on their units, especially after the recent death of Trooper Steven Vincent last month. He says many businesses throughout the Sulphur area came together to pay for and create the decals.
At a city council meeting, Jake LeBrun voiced his opinion and says some people might think this is a breach of the first amendment. But Coats says if other people are offended, he’s offended that they’re offended and isn’t going to try to please everyone.
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A documentary will air on the SEC Network tonight about the life of Bo Rein (pronounced “Ryan”) who was named LSU’s head coach after the 1979 season, but died in a plane crash before he ever coached a game for the Tigers. LSU Senior Associate Sports Information Director Kent Lowe (pronounced “Low”) says many people don’t know Rein’s story and the excitement he brought to lead LSU into the 80s:
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“The Bo You Don’t Know,” premiers at 8pm. Rein left N.C. State for LSU, just after he lead the Wolfpack to its last ACC football title in ’79. Lowe says the title of the documentary is appropriate because even members of the LSU media didn’t have a chance to get to know Rein as he was so busy recruiting…:
Lowe said there were many who felt Rein could have had decades of success at LSU. But on January 10th, 1980, Rein was flying back to Baton Rouge from recruiting in Shreveport, when the pilot flew around a bad storm in central Louisiana and the plane went 1400 miles off course. Lowe says there is a lot of mystery as to why the plane flew into the Atlantic…:
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An annual study released today by The Violence Policy Center says Louisiana ranks number 4 in the nation in the rate of women who are murdered by men. The report indicates our state has ranked among the top 10 states in this category for a fifth year in a row. VPC Legislative Director Kristen Rand says there are two big factors that leads to Louisiana’s ranking…
The study shows that nationwide, 94-percent of women killed by men were murdered by someone they knew and the most common weapon used was a gun. The study applies to 2013, the most recent year for which data is available. Rand says most homicides are the result of arguments between people who know each other…
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She says, most often, females were killed by males during an escalating situation involving domestic violence. Rand says they urge legislators to enhance enforcement of laws that prohibit domestic abusers from possessing guns and protect victims of domestic violence…
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