This is the last weekend of the State Fair of Louisiana, and Andrew Greenstein has a couple ways you can save money.
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Indicting him is one thing; convicting him may be another story. Jeff Palermo has more on the difficulty of convicting former House Speaker Clay Schexnayder of theft…
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This is the last weekend of the State Fair of Louisiana; and if you’re a hockey fan, there’s a special deal for you this weekend. Russell Adams with the State Fair tells KEEL if you go to the fair Friday or Saturday, you can get discounted tickets to the Shreveport Mudbugs game at Hirsch Memorial Coliseum.
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And the reverse is true too – if you paid full price to the Mudbugs game either day, you can get into the fair for just five dollars. Sunday is Military Appreciation Day – all veterans and active duty servicemembers get in for free. Adams says on Sunday, there will be a military parade.
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Adams says after the parade Sunday will be a special worship service.
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A major milestone in St. Tammany Parish as the 56-million-dollar I-12 widening project is completed months ahead of schedule. Rodney Mallett with DOTD says the freeway was widened in the Covington-Mandeville area.
Mallett says with the growth in St. Tammany Parish, coupled with I-12 being a major freight corridor for trucks going coast to coast, the volume along that stretch of roadway has increased significantly in just the last few years.
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Mallett says the widening of I-12 will have many more benefits beyond simply being able to more easily get from point A to point B.
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Louisiana’s former House Speaker, Clay Schexnayder, is facing felony charges for allegedly stealing a rare Louisiana artifact. A 20-foot-long cypress board that used to hang in the halls of the Louisiana State Capitol is missing. It was last seen 18 months ago in Schexnayder’s legislative office in Gonzales. Legal analyst Franz Borghardt says this will be a tough case to prosecute…
Schexnayder says when he left the office in January 2024, it was still there and he didn’t steal the board. The leasing manager for his office says they did not remove the board.
The Attorney General’s office is prosecuting Schexnayder. A-G Liz Murrill said public officials do not get to keep Louisiana property. Borghardt hopes Murrill spoke with Schexnayder before seeking the indictment…
Bordhardt says the indictment doesn’t mean anything right now…
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LSU interim head football coach Frank Wilson says quarterback Garrett Nussmeier has re-aggravated an abdominal injury he sustained in preseason camp, but he’s still expected to start against Arkansas tomorrow. Nussmeier is listed as probable, but Wilson says if Nussmeier’s injury is more problematic than what they thought, Michael Van Buren will make his first start in a Tiger uniform…
Saturday’s game could be high scoring. The Razorbacks have one of the worst defenses in college football, but Arkansas QB Taylan Green leads the country in total offense. Wilson on the matchup with the 2-7 Hogs…