Louisiana is investing 3.5-billion dollars in rural communities to improve healthcare, broadband access, roads and bridges. In a news conference, Governor Landry says better access to healthcare, high-speed internet and improved roads will help attract more businesses and investment to rural Louisiana.
The day after the Student Government Association president at Grambling State University was arrested for rape, the school’s police chief and assistant police chief resigned. While Grambling’s president says the resignations of Chief Rodney Demery and Assistant Police Chief Joshua Feliciano are unrelated to the arrest of Life Makarudze, Lincoln Parish Journal Reporter Wesley Harris says the timing is peculiar.
Not only is this Columbus Day or Indigenous People’s Day, depending on your point of view, but it’s also National Gumbo Day. To celebrate the occasion, Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser has award-winning Monroe Chef Corey Bahr over at his house, and the two are spreading the word about one of Louisiana’s most famous dishes to the country. Bahr says there are countless ways to make gumbo.
Several calls went against LSU in its one-point overtime loss to Kentucky. Just before halftime, officials allowed quarterback Kenny Minchey to be pushed into the end zone despite appearing to have his forward progress stopped. Coach Lane Kiffin on the explanation he received.