A grand jury has indicted the man accused of fatally shooting former-NFL star Joe McKnight on a charge of second-degree murder. Jeff Palermo has more…:
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It’s expected that Governor John Bel Edwards will issue the call for a special session to close a $304 million dollar budget gap today. Jeremy Alford at LaPolitics.com says a big part of it will be about tapping in to the Rainy Day Fund, but also allowing cuts…:
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It’s reported that LSU will owe about $1 million dollars to the football coaches that were released from the team by Coach Ed Orgeron, one day after signing day. Coach O fired receivers coach/recruiting coordinator Dameyune Craig, and reassigned running backs coach Jabbar Juluke. LSU says it will begin an immediate search for their replacements.

According to Value Penguin’s 2016 Safest Places in Louisiana list, Patterson in St. Mary Parish got the top spot. Associate Editor Andrew Pentis says, to compile the safest city data, they looked at FBI crime reports, and graded cities based on that…:
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Harahan, St. Gabriel, Mandeville, and Minden round out the top 5 on the safest cities list.

Governor John Bel Edwards announced Thursday the retirement of his Chief of Staff, former State Senator Ben Nevers. The governor wishes Nevers a happy, relaxing and well-deserved retirement.