Governor Landry issues an executive order that allows for the use of nontaxable, dyed diesel fuel in highway vehicles that are engaged in ag and timber harvesting operations. Kace Kieshnick has more…
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An LSU student alleges she was raped by a football player last October and has asked the East Baton Rouge District Attorney’s office to investigate. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Governor Jeff Landry issued an executive order to allow Louisiana farmers and timber harvesters to use dyed diesel on vehicles that use public roads and highways. The order suspends the penalty for using off-road fuel in licensed highway vehicles through October 22nd. Louisiana Farm Bureau President Richard Fontenot says this is important, because dyed diesel is nontaxable, which will help producers combat record high diesel prices.
Diesel prices are at an all-time high, averaging just over six-dollars a gallon in Louisiana. Fontenot says that record cost affects expenses for farmers across the board, especially during peak harvesting time.
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As price takers, farmers are having to eat the record energy costs. Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain says the rise in diesel costs came at a bad time.
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An LSU student says she was raped by an LSU football player last October on campus prompting an investigation by the East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney’s Office. Loyola University Law Professor Dane Ciolino says sexual assault cases can be difficult to prosecute
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The accuser reported the incident to LSU’s Title Nine office. She says LSU found the player responsible for rape, suspended the student athlete for two semesters, but when the semester began this year that punishment was reduced to two year’s probation. Ciolino says it sounds like LSU followed Title requirements…
East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore says Tuesday was the first time they’ve heard about the alleged sexual assault and his office has asked LSU and the university police department to turn over the information they have gathered.
LSU President Wade Rousse says LSU properly followed its Title nine policies and processes to a conclusion. Ciolino says it’s now up to the District Attorney Hillar Moore to determine if a criminal crime possibly took place…
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The Louisiana Department of Health confirmed a case of rabies in a dog earlier this month. The infected dog was in the Acadiana region of the state. It’s the first case of canine rabies in Louisiana since 2014 and the fifth in the state in the last 20 years. Dr. Mark Mitchell, a professor of zoological medicine at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, says especially since rabies is almost 100-percent fatal, this underscores the importance of vaccinating your pets as required by law.
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Dr. Mitchell says while rabies is mostly associated with household pets, humans can get the disease too.
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Mitchell says it’s also important to prevent your pets from roaming freely, especially in rural areas in order to keep them away from wildlife.