Former Tigers Head Coach Les Miles has agreed to a 1.5 million dollar contract settlement with LSU that frees him up to chase new job opportunities, whether on the field or silver screen. Miles was making 133,000 a month to not work, but if he joined a new team, that money likely would have stopped. Miles may be losing out on five million dollars, but Moran says it’s tough to put a price on career freedom.
Suspected serial killer 78-year-old Samuel Little has confessed to the murder of two Terrebonne Parish women. The murders happened in 1982 and 1996. Houma Police Sgt. Travis Theriot says the most important part of this case is that now the families of the victims have closure.
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Repairs to the Sunshine Bridge in St. James Parish are ahead of schedule. The bridge has been closed due to a barge carrying a crane colliding with the structure last month. The detour has inconvenienced the nearly 25,000 drivers who use the bridge daily. DOTD spokesperson Rodney Mallett says that those being detoured seem to be handling it okay for the time being.
Cut 11 (10) “…their regular routine.”
Baton Rouge has been flooded with gunfire over the last week, with a 20 percent increase in shots fired, and 10 dead from shootings in the last 15 days including a kindergartner who was shot by a 13-year-old. Police Chief Murphy Paul attributes the majority of these shootings to drug related crime.
Cut 12 (09) “…those incidents.”
This spike in shootings comes after months of peace relative to the historic levels of violence in 2017.