Republicans had been screaming for it for years; and finally, they got it – they have cut off all federal funding for PBS and NPR, stripping more than one-billion dollars from public TV and radio. Jay Curtis, the general manager at Monroe NPR station KEDM, says this is devastating to all NPR stations, especially his.
Cut 9 (10) “…145-thousand dollars.”
Louisiana Senator John Kennedy was among the Republicans who led the push to cut off federal funding to public broadcasting. In several floor speeches, including Wednesday, Kennedy said the broadcasting landscape has changed dramatically since the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was founded more than 50 years ago.
Lafayette native and former UFC Interim Lightweight Champion Dustin Poirier is returning to Louisiana to call it a career Saturday night versus Max Holloway. It has been ten years since Poirier fought in his home state, but he says now is not the time for reminiscing.
Cut 6 (12) “…love Louisiana (cheers).”
This is the third time Poirier has fought Holloway, with Poirier winning the two previous bouts. The main event at the Smoothie King Center is at nine Saturday night.
Three Natchitoches teens are under arrest in connection with a mass shooting in the city earlier this month. 19-year-old Shadarious White and 18-year-old Jermaurion Simmons are charged with second degree murder and other charges, and 19-year-old Demarkcus Nicholas is charged with obstruction of justice. They’re arrested in connection with the shooting that killed 18-year-old Latravion Stallworth of Natchitoches and injured five others.