The mother of Bryan Vasquez, the 12-year-old non-verbal autistic boy found dead in a lagoon 12 days after disappearing from his home, has been arrested. NOPD Deputy Superintendent Nicholas Gernon says this was not the first time 34-year-old Hilda Vasquez had been negligent or abusive towards her son.
90 years ago today, former Governor Huey Long was shot inside the State Capitol. Two days later, Long, who was a U.S. Senator at the time, would die at the age of 42. Retired LSU College of Business Dean Richard White wrote a book on Huey Long’s life; he said there were two Huey Longs – the Huey Long before his impeachment, and the Huey Long after his impeachment.
Cut 4 (11) “…had martial law.”
A six-year-old child shot during a balloon release ceremony has died from her injuries. Jeff Palermo has the details…
Cut 2 (34) “…I’m Jeff Palermo.”
When it comes to budgeting money, Louisianans apparently aren’t that good at it. That’s according to a new study by WalletHub, which ranks Louisiana as the second worst state in the country in money budgeting, ranking ahead of only Mississippi. WalletHub examined 12 key indicators of budgeting habits, and Louisiana came in towards the bottom in all of them.