Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves has started a GoFundMe to cover the 100,000 dollar fine the SEC slapped LSU, after fans stormed the field following the Tigers upset win over Georgia. The Baton Rouge Representative says the safety implications to keeping the crowd off the field, and says it’s not like President King Alexander was leading the charge …
The account has raised over 15,000 dollars to date.
Governor John Bel Edwards, along with other state and local leaders, cut the ribbon this morning on the long awaited I-49–I-220 connector in Shreveport. DOTD spokesperson Erin Buchanan says the governor believes this interchange will be a game changer for northwest Louisiana…
Cut 3 (12) “…economic development.”
The 142-million dollar project started in 2014.
Baton Rouge Police believe a Texas death row inmate fatally shot 19- year-old LSU student Kassie Federer in her apartment in 1999. Investigators say DNA has linked 49-year old Travis Green to the crime. Sgt. Don Coppola says the breakthrough came from the Louisiana crime lab from evidence collected at the scene.
Cut 6 (10) “…unrelated homicide.”
Green is on death row in Texas for killing another 19-year-old female in Houston, just days before Federer was shot.
Louisiana Bishops say in the near future they’ll be releasing the names of clergy who have credible allegations of sexual abuse against them, after they finish reviewing files that date back more than 50 years.