A federal investigation has been launched into the death of 23-year-old Victor White the third, who died in March while in the custody of the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s office. Jeff Palermo has the story:
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State Police has been asked by the Department of Health and Hospitals to investigate inconsistencies in water quality reporting in St. John the Baptist Parish. Scott Carwile reports…
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A new review of judicial candidates qualifying for elections in Louisiana shows a vast majority of judges will be elected or re-elected without opposition this fall. Eric Gill has more…
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According to new research out of Vanderbilt University, college football coaches are worth every penny of their high paid salaries because of the value they bring to the university. Study Co-Author Randall Thomas, a Vandy business and law professor, says many NCAA football programs are extremely valuable…:
Thomas says they undertook a study of college football coach contracts and compared them to CEO employment agreements and found no evidence that the coaches are overpaid the way some fans might clamor. But he says the valued success of the job of a coach is much easier to judge because it’s solely based on wins versus losses..:
The study examined 947 college football coach contracts from the NCAA’s top programs. LSU coach Les Miles gets $4.3 million a year and is the 7th highest paid coach. Co-Author Lawrence Van Horn, a Vandy business and law professor, says people can’t look at high numbers and wonder if anyone is worth that kind of compensation..:
Cut 6 (12) “in the organization”
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State Police has been asked by the Department of Health and Hospitals to investigate inconsistencies in water quality reporting in St. John the Baptist Parish. Parish officials announced last week the discovery of a potentially dangerous amoeba in their water supply. Sgt. Nick Manale says DHH did their own independent testing of the water supply…
He says there were large inconsistencies between the DHH testing results and those results reported by the parish. Manale says they were asked to investigate because the DHH is concerned about the differences in the reports…
He says their investigation will determine if the conflicting reports had anything to do with criminal activity. Manale says everyone is being cooperative with the investigation which is in its early stages…
CUT 9 (07) “that are necessary”
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A new review of judicial candidates qualifying for elections in Louisiana shows a vast majority of judges will be elected or re-elected without opposition this fall. Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch analyzed candidate qualifying data from the Secretary of State’s office. Executive Director Melissa Landry says this should be a reason for concern…
Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch is a non-partisan legal watchdog organization. Their review found that nearly two-thirds of the district judgeships in the state will be filled by candidates who face no opposition. Landry says the lack of voter input in judicial elections is a big problem…
She says this is detrimental to the overall health of the legal climate because it doesn’t lead to the most experienced or most qualified judge on the bench. Landry says while judicial elections are not very high profile, they are critically important because judges make decisions that are important to our lives on a daily basis…
cut 12 (10) “tremendously important”
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A couple faces several years in prison after being sentenced for leaving their 6-month-old daughter in their locked, unventilated vehicle for nearly an hour in the parking lot of the Walker Walmart in June. Walker Police Captain John Sharp says officers found the couple was under the influence of OxyContin at the time of the incident. Sharp says the couple entered a guilty plea in court yesterday…
The child’s father, 35-year-old Billy Arthur Henry, was sentenced to four years at hard labor. The couple has three other children who were not involved in the incident. Lana Henry, the child’s mother, was sentenced to seven years at hard labor with all the time she has served since her arrest in June suspended…
Lana Henry has been placed on probation. Any violation of the terms of her probation will result in Henry being sent directly to prison. Sharp is hopeful this case will work out…
Cut 15 (09) “children deserve”
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The LSU Tigers won their season opener on Saturday, but a couple of their high-profile freshmen did not perform well in their collegiate debut. Leonard Fournette rushed for only 18 yards, while quarterback Brandon Harris couldn’t move the team in his only series of action. Coach Les Miles asks the fans not to be hard on them..
It was up and down 2014 debut for starting quarterback Anthony Jennings. But Miles took a lot of positives from Jennings’ performance…
LSU returns home this Saturday to face Sam Houston State. The Bearkats play in a lower tier of college football than LSU, but they’ve been a dominate FCS program. Miles says there’s a lot of talent on the Sam Houston team…