The man who raised Mike VI from birth until he became LSU’s mascot remembers the beloved cat, who died after a four month battle with. Emelie Gunn has more…
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The BAT Mobile is coming to the Bayou to help fight drunk driving, but it won’t be Bruce Wayne behind the wheel. Halen Doughty has more…
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US Attorney Walt Green says the investigation into Alton Sterling’s death during a confrontation with Baton Rouge police officers is still ongoing, more than three months after the shooting. Jeff Palermo has more…
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With the sad news of Mike VI passing, the man who raised LSU’s live mascot from birth until he came to the university at two years old, Steve Cotner, remembers the playfulness of the sweet tiger. Cotner says right after ‘Roscoe’ was born, the tiger cub wouldn’t bother anyone else but followed him wherever he went. He says the two of them became best friends.
Thanks to a GoFundMe account, Cotner still plans on coming to LSU to meet everyone involved in the live mascot’s life. Cotner says he never saw aggression in Mike whatsoever and he tried to socialize him as much as he could to show the tiger, people weren’t there to hurt him. He says he came to visit Mike in Baton Rouge twice from Indiana.
Cotner was a volunteer at Great Cats of Indiana, which is a non-profit sanctuary and rescue facility, and it’s the place where Mike was born in 2005. The 57-year-old says he’ll never forget the lovable tiger cub.
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More than three months after Alton Sterling, a black man, was fatally shot during a confrontation with two white Baton Rouge police officers, the US Attorney Walt Green says the investigation is still ongoing. Legal analyst Tim Meche says the Justice Department should take it’s time when investigating these kind of shootings.
The US Attorney’s statement says a team of federal prosecutors, FBI agents, and other personnel have devoted hundreds of hours to the investigation. Meche says it’s somewhat unusual that Green issued the statement seemingly unprovoked, but he suspects activists groups have been calling for him to make a rushed indictment, which he says wouldn’t be good for the case.
The statement also says there is no timetable for when the investigation will be complete, as everyone involved is committed to taking all necessary steps to reach a just result. Meche says it’s probably far from over.
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Law enforcement in the bayou and river parishes now have a new weapon to help battle drunk driving- the BAT Mobile. Troop C Commander Frank Besson says local law enforcement agencies will share the mobile Breath Alcohol Testing unit, which is essentially a large van equipped with breath alcohol testing equipment. He says they plan to set up the van in targeted areas.
The unit will be used in Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, and Terrebonne parishes. The $280-thousand truck was paid for by local sheriff’s offices, who will be reimbursed through DOTD’s Destination Zero Deaths initiative. Besson says this well help police test drivers’ breath on the spot.
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Besson says they will also set up the BAT at checkpoints, and officers will be trained to drive the DWI testing unit. He says they have everything they need in it to make an arrest, including cameras to monitor the inside and extra personnel on hand.
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Senate candidate Troy Hebert’s legal attempt to force LPB and the Council for a Better Louisiana to include more candidates in next week’s Senate debate gets a hearing today in a Baton Rouge courtroom. Political consultant and former-Secretary of State, Jim Brown, says Hebert is right on the money for filing the suit after only 5 of the 24 candidate were scheduled to be in the debate.
For a candidate to participate, he or she must have polled at least 5-percent and raised over $1 million in campaign funds. Brown says it’s not fair to the voters not to include all of their options in the political forum.
Brown told the Jim Engster Show that this debate could have a huge impact on the outcome of the election, and it’s not fair for a business group to decide who can participate.
CABL president Barry Erwin says for the public’s benefit it’s best to hear from candidates who have a viable chance to win.
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The Ragin Cajuns are in action tonight against Appalachian State in a Sun Belt match-up that will be shown on ESPN Two, starting at 7:05. UL Lafayette enters the game with a league record of 1-and-1 and Coach Mark Hudpseth says it’s an important game for the program…
Appalachian State is listed as a ten-point favorite. Hudspeth says winning the battle at the line of scrimmage will be important…
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Anthony Jennings will start at quarterback against the Mountaineers. The former LSU Tiger was sent to a bench during the double overtime loss to New Mexico State, after throwing two interceptions. But Hudspeth says Jennings has had a great week of practice…