A bill that would prohibit the public from seeing how much student athletes receive from public universities has passed out of committee and is headed to the house floor. Many lawmakers believe shielding the financials of a revenue sharing deal between a student and the university is best for student safety. Alexandria Representative Ed Larvadain…
The Public Affairs Research Council spoke in opposition to the bill. PAR president Steven Procopio says athletic departments now receive tax revenue from online gambling, so the taxpayer should have the right to know how the school spends it…
A father was shot by his 13-year-old son in front of the Tangipahoa Alternative School in Hammond this morning. Hammond Police Chief Edwin Bergeron says the father was dropping his son off at school, when his son refused to leave the vehicle, so the father decided to take him back home and that’s when he was shot. The car traveled across the street and struck a home. The armed teen, then started walking toward the school. Fortunately, a school resource officer was able to disarm him and he was taken to a juvenile facility.
The father is in stable condition at a local hospital.
State Police are investigating a weekend hit and run that claimed the life of a 24-year-old Cyclist in St. Tammany Parish. It happened after midnight Sunday morning on a poorly lit stretch of Highway 40 in the Folsom area. Troopers say Rodrigo Ornelas Jr was riding a bicycle east when a dark colored sedan or small SUV hit struck him and fled the scene. Ornelas succumbed to his injuries at a local hospital.