New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is in the hot seat again, indicted on federal corruption charges over 70-thousand dollars they allege she used to cover up an affiar with her former bodyguard. Cantrel is the first sitting New Orleans mayor to face federal charges. Acting US Attorney Michael Simpson says his office takes allegations of public corruption seriously…
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LSU football coach Brian Kelly spoke publicly yesterday for the first time since the arrest of freshman running back JT Lindsey. Lindsey is accused of harboring two wanted second-degree murder suspects in his LSU dorm room for several days. There’s also a report of guns found inside the apartment,. Kelly says it appears Lindsey was hanging out with the wrong crowd…
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Fewer Americans than ever before are drinking alcohol. That’s according to a Gallup poll showing it’s down to 54-percent. That’s because studies from decades ago saying there were health benefits to having a drink or two a day have been debunked by new research. LSU Health New Orleans physiology professor Nick Gilpin says not only can too much alcohol impact a person’s liver, but it can lead to other health problems…
Tonight’s Powerball jackpot is already higher than it’s been all year. The multi-state prize is already up to 565-million dollar. And Louisiana Lottery spokesperson Chrislyn Maher (Mayor) says that’ll go even higher as sales continue today.
Tickets sales will stop at 9 PM on Saturday.