Former LSU wide receiver Kyren Lacy is facing charges of negligent homicide and hit and run after authorities say his reckless driving on Louisiana Highway 20 in Lafourche Parish caused a head-on collision that killed a 78 year old man. L-S-P says the wreck happened on December 17th and Lacy kept driving, failing to stop and render aid or call authorities. Lacy’s agent says Kyren is fully participating in the investigation and they strongly believe the facts will demonstrate the truth.
We now know the names of the New Orleans police officers who shot and killed the terrorist who plowed a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street New Year’s Day. They are Nigel Daggs, Christian Byer and Jacobie Jordan, and Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick calls them national heroes.
Body camera footage shows officers approaching Samsun Din Jabbar’s pickup truck after it crashed into construction equipment near the intersection of Bourbon and Bienville streets.
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Newborn Essential Support Toolkits are now being distributed by Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge. The Department of Health and Human Services partnered with the non-profit organization Baby2Baby, to fill the kits with diapers, wipes, skin cream, clothes and other essentials. Congresswoman Julia Letlow says the kits, being distributed by five other entities across the state, allow new parents to get off to a good start with their newborn.
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It’s king cake season; and for the first time in its 104-year history, Hubig’s Pies is selling king cakes. The owner of the New Orleans staple, Andrew Ramsey, says they have four flavors: traditional cinnamon, Hubig’s custard, Dutch apple, and cream cheese.
Hubigs’ in-store king cakes are 10 by 10 inches, but online there’s a 10 X 14 inch available.