An operation targeting sex offenders using social media networks nets 35 arrests. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Rick Gallot is out and Cade Brumley is in as the new University of Louisiana System president. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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35 men are arrested in a multi-agency operation targeting registered sex offenders using social media networks. The suspects were found to be using Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn and others – sites which under Louisiana law registered sex offenders are prohibited from using. In a news conference, Attorney General Liz Murrill says law enforcement throughout the state is tackling the issue head-on.
The operation, dubbed Operation Safe Networks, took place between August and October by the Orleans Metro Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Murrill says while law enforcement will work tirelessly to take child predators off the streets, parents need to be vigilant as well.
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Kenner Police Chief Keith Conley says social media networks are not safe places for children.
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LSU Health Shreveport has set a new record for research funding, securing 44-million dollars in external grants and awards during the last fiscal year. That’s an 18-million-dollar increase over the previous year. Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Doctor Oren Rom says the record reflects years of work to build a stronger and more competitive research operation…
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Among the major accomplishments was a five-year, 7.5-million-dollar National Science Foundation grant to study how RNA molecules and protein modifications regulate metabolism.
LSU Health Shreveport also received an 11-million-dollar federal grant renewal to support its immunology research. Rom says cardiovascular issues and cancer are the leading causes of death in this state and research to prevent these diseases is conducted at LSH Health Shreveport…
Rom says they also have brought in 26 new reporters to LSI Health Shreveport…
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Swyft Fiber is expanding its operations and will build its new headquarters in Metairie. President of the Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission, Jerry Bologna, says Swift Fiber employs more than 230 people today and they plan to grow to more than 300 employees by the end of 2027…
Bologna says the internet provider is also making a one-billion-dollar investment in broadband infrastructure…
Swyft Fiber currently operates in five states. Bologna says Swyft Fiber’s existing network will grow from more than 160-thousand homes and businesses to more than 500-thousand over the next four years…
Most of the company’s planned network will be built underground to reduce exposure to high winds from hurricanes and severe storms.
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Tomorrow night, its 21st ranked LSU and sixth ranked Texas in the final home game of the season for the Tigers. A loss for LSU and its College Football Playoff chances are done after suffering their third loss of the season last week against Alabama. Coach Lane Kiffin says he’s glad they are playing another Top Ten team…
The inability to score touchdowns when inside the red zone has been a problem in all three of the Tigers losses. In SEC games, the Tigers have failed to score touchdowns on ten of their drives that got inside the ten-yard line. Kiffin says when you play good teams, you have to execute…
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Kick off is at 6:30.
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Before the LSU football game on Saturday night, the LSU men’s basketball team will face its biggest test of the season as the Tigers visit 14th ranked Gonzaga in Spokane, Washington. Bulldogs head coach Mark Few is impressed with the 3-and-0 Tigers…
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LSU has won its first three games by a margin of 40 points or more. First time that’s ever happened in program history. Coach Will Wade says Gonzaga presents a huge challenge for his team…
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Tip time is at 2:30.