Reactions are coming in the aftermath of the largest church mass shooting in Texas history this past weekend near San Antonio which killed 26. Seven years ago, former Shreveport area State Representative Henry Burns authored a bill which allows guns in places of worship, with church leadership approval. Burns says the next step would be installing metal detectors. It may be extreme but necessary…
For the first time since 2005, two state police cadet classes will run simultaneously. Aspiring troopers have reported for the 97th cadet class with 49 individuals. The 96th class has entered their 11th week of training. Sgt. Jared Sandifer says people across the state should be happy that many are still willing to join the ranks and help serve them…
After the loss to Alabama, there is some talk to allow true freshman Myles Brennan take over as LSU’s starting quarterback. Danny Etling did not play well in the loss to Alabama as he missed on some throws down the field. Tiger Rag associate editor James Moran says Etling is still a leader on this team and benching him is not the right move at this point…
The first two days of early voting for the November 18 election shows numbers remain dismal with just under 26-thousand voters participating. Secretary of State Tom Schedler says they have tried different programs to spur excitement to draw voters to the polls to make their opinion known. Some are flat out refusing to go to the polls. Schedler says in talking to some, they feel their ballot won’t make a difference…