It’s another weekend of state championship football inside the Mercedes Benz Superdome. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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The two officers accused of fatally shooting a six-year-old child and wounding his father have been formally charged with murder. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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With only two more weeks until Christmas and many people haven’t even started holiday shopping. Emelie Gunn has more…
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The nonselect select state championships are this weekend in the Mercedes Benz Superdome. The first of five game starts today at 4:30 with the One-A championship game between Kentwood two-time defending champion Haynesville. And there are three more games tomorrow starting at noon. LHSAA director Eddie Bonine says they are expecting big crowds
The action concludes Saturday night with the 5A championship game as John Ehret faces Zachary. The Broncos are making their first appearance in a state championship football game, while the Patriots haven’t been to the Dome in 30 years. Bonine says it’s a lot of fun to see kids play at the Dome for the first time…
Bonine says for the ten teams that have made it to the Dome this weekend, it’s been a long journey to get there…
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Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Secretary James Le Blanc says Darrel Vannoy will transition into the top position at Angola and work with outgoing Warden Burl Cain. Jackson Representative Kenny Havard, whose district includes Angola, says if the allegations Cain had private business dealings with inmates are true, then his resignation was the right call…:
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The Advocate published a series of articles questioning whether Cain was making major real estate deals with favored inmates and their families which would violate department policy. Havard says Cain leaves behind a great legacy in many ways, but it’s possible the warden has made some bad decisions recently…: (The Department says Vannoy’s appointment is not permanent.)
Vannoy is the current warden at Dixon Correctional Institute and a 40 year corrections employee according to the department’s release. Havard has heard from many people in his district who work at Angola that feel it’s time for new leadership…:
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One of the more unique holiday traditions in Louisiana takes place tomorrow night in south Louisiana with the 12th annual Delcambre Christmas Boat Parade. Parade President Marae Fontenot says there is a variety of events leading up to the parade including, their first ever tacky Christmas sweater 5-K run and kids can eat pancakes with Santa.
The boat parade begins at 6 p.m. Fontenot says each boat uses their own personal creativity to decorate their vessel and people from Acadiana come to watch.
Fontenot says the night will finish off with an extravagant fireworks display. But she says the main attraction is the boat parade, which was started 12 years ago by Delcambre resident Jeff LeBlanc, who got the idea after seeing a similar boat parade in Florida.
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There are two more weeks until Christmas day and there are many that still have not done anything when it comes to Christmas shopping. Dr. Michelle Moore, LSU Health New Orleans Clinical Psychologist, says people have different personality types and procrastinators usually wait until the last minute to do everything in life, not just to holiday shop.
Moore says procrastinators are usually just born with that type of personality and the same goes for anxious people, who get things done early on. She says often times, lolly gaggers don’t mind rushing to get their holiday shopping done just days before Christmas.
Moore says there is nothing clinically wrong with dilly dallying, unless it’s a personality trait that bothers you. She says men are often put into the category of procrastinating but things always end up getting accomplished.
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Emotions were running high during a public hearing in New Orleans over whether or not to remove four Confederate monuments. The City Council is expected to vote next week one way or another on a declaration that states the structures are a nuisance which would pave the way for them to come down. One pro-monument speaker said the statues are part of the city’s culture:
Other pro-monument speakers say removing the statues would be a dishonor to US Veterans. This woman believes New Orleans should not be wasting its time on a nuisance law…:
But this man says the statues represent a shameful history for New Orleans…:
This anti-monument woman says the issue has been discussed for a long time and it’s not going to go away…: