UL Lafayette has fired its highly successful softball coach, claiming that Michael Lotief created a hostile learning and working environment. Lotief holds a record of 729-174 and led the Lady Cajuns to the Women’s College World Series three times. While speaking from his lawyer’s office, his former players surrounded him and said the allegations against him are unfounded…
In a news release, the university says Lotief violated school policies by subjecting student-athletes and coworkers to violent, vulgar language and verbal and physical assault…
Louisiana earned an ‘F’ grade on the latest March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card. The state pre-mature birth rate is 12.6-percent. Dr. Martha Whyte with the State Health Department says African American women also have more premature babies in the Bayou State.
The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services wants to increase it’s efforts to help children who are in need of a permanent home. Last year, a record number of 764 foster children were adopted, up from 735 the previous year. But there are many more still needing adoption. Child welfare manager Shannon Catanzaro says there are 140 children available for adoption now…
DCFS will honor their advocates in an awards show November 16 at the Governor’s Mansion…
A Metairie man has been sentenced to nine months in prison after throwing a rock through a Social Security Administration office window. A building surveillance video showed 38-year-old Bobby Joseph Hammond getting out of his car and throwing the rock through the second floor window then driving away. People identified Hammond from the video. He pleaded guilty to destruction of government property…