A New York doctor is facing criminal charges in Louisiana after prosecutors say she prescribed an abortion drug that terminated a Port Allen teenager’s pregnancy. A West Baton Rouge grand jury indicted Doctor Margaret Carpenter and the 39-year-old mother who allegedly gave the pills to her teenage daughter last April and instructed her to take them. West Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Tony Clayton says he is not prosecuting the minor who took the pills that were shipped in from the New Paltz clinic in New York. Clayton says it is illegal to send abortion pills into this state…
If Carpenter and the 39-year-old mother are convicted, they face a prison sentence of up to five years.
A Baton Rouge judge has ordered LSU to allow law professor Robert Levy to return to his classroom after he was suspended for saying “F” the governor. Levy’s attorney Jill Craft says Levy made the comments on the first day of a criminal law course and he was talking about Governor Landry for publicly rebuking another law professor.
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The new 360-million-dollar Jimmie Davis Bridge in the southern part of Shreveport-Bossier City will be built next to the existing structure and Department of Transportation spokesperson Erin Buchanan says once a temporary trestle bridge is completed in mid to late February, construction on the new bridge will ramp up…
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Buchanan says the new bridge is on track to be finished by early 2027.
The City of New Orleans steps into the global spotlight next week hosting its 11th Super Bowl. Michael Hecht, the CEO of Greater New Orleans Inc., says the global impact of hosting this game is off the charts.