LSU President F King Alexander does NOT like the idea of front loading the TOPS scholarship program because it still isn’t fully funded. Jeff Palermo has the story…
Attorney General Jeff Landry says he’ll review the case involving the Baton Rouge mom who was arrested after she allegedly used an electrical cord to whip her children, after they were caught breaking into a neighbor’s home and stealing a hover board, electronics, and socks. Schaquana Spears could face two counts of child cruelty.
Governor John Bel Edwards has mixed feelings about the special sessions. Edwards is glad legislators provided adequate funding for the public-private hospitals that proved care for the poor and uninsured…
But the governor is not happy about cuts coming to k thru 12 education and TOPS.
A Shreveport woman is wanted by police for making false accusations that a father molested his 5-month-old daughter. Lt. Bill Davis with the Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office says 32-year-old Carrie Rivers was a babysitter for the family of the infant and when her services were no longer needed, she made up this story to make the parents mad. He says this allegation created major problems.
Davis says authorities believe Rivers is still in the northwest Louisiana area.