The warning from Louisiana State Police was swift and direct – if you help any of the ten escaped Orleans Parish Jail inmates in any way, you will be held accountable. Well, LSP was not messing around. So far, they have arrested 14 accomplices, including five people for helping Lenton Vanburen, who was captured in Baton Rouge yesterday. Currently, two of the ten escapees remain on the loose.
The Public Service Commission is looking for answers following Sunday’s massive blackout in southeast Louisiana, including New Orleans, which were ordered by the Midcontinent Independent System Operator. The outages were triggered when an Entergy nuclear plant unexpectedly went offline. Commissioner Eric Skrmetta says MISO would not go into further detail.
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Cleco says it will investigate the outage, and Entergy says they want to understand the directive from MISO.
Monroe tourism officials are remembering “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson, who passed away Sunday at the age of 79. “Duck Dynasty” aired on A-and-E for 11 years, but Sheila Snow with Discover Monroe-West Monroe says the show’s impact on the community has lasted a lot longer.
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The Speaker of the House gets high praise from one of his predecessors. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was on Mornings with Brian Haldane on LRN affiliate WBRP in Baton Rouge, and he said Speaker Mike Johnson has been a steady hand in a deeply divided Congress. Gingrich says Johnson did a magnificent job in getting President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” approved in the House.
The bill, however, faces an uncertain future in the Senate.