As Louisiana’s industrial boom continues, the state’s largest utility company will need to be able to generate more power to meet the demand. Eric Gill has more…
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Louisiana 1st District Congressman Steve Scalise is making national headlines, after he admits to speaking at an event organized by a white supremacist group. Jeff Palermo has the story……..
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As Louisiana’s industrial boom continues, the state’s largest utility company will need to be able to generate more power to meet the demand. Entergy spokesperson Mike Burns says they are already looking at ways to increase energy production…
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Burns says Entergy has already bought a power plant in El Dorado, Arkansas to make electricity and a new unit in Westwego will go online soon. But Burns says they will need more resources to meet the demand by these new industrial customers…
Entergy will likely build new power plants, to the tune of $1 billion apiece, which their customers will be expected to pay for. But Burns says the company believes they will still be able to keep customers electricity costs among the lowest in the nation…
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US Representative Steve Scalise admits to speaking to a white supremacist group while serving in the Louisiana legislature in 2002, but the republican from Jefferson Parish says he detests any kind of hate group. U-L Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says the controversy surrounding Scalise will likely not end his political career…
Scalise was a speaker at a convention of the European-American Unity and Rights organization, which was founded by former K-K-K leader David Duke. A statement from the Congressman’s office says he only spoke about conservative fiscal policies, and did not endorse the group’s mission or racial views. Cross says the story doesn’t look good for Scalise, but it’s something that will likely fade away…
Scalise serves as the House Majority Whip and he’ll help shape the Republican Party’s agenda when a new Congress convenes next year. Cross says this story shouldn’t hurt his influence on the rest of the US House of Representatives…
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Pineville police have arrested an Alexandria couple who allegedly called in bomb threats at a Wal-Mart as part of a scheme to steal merchandise from the store. Police Chief Donald Weatherford says 57-year-old Hardtner Greenhoward and 33-year-old LaShonda Anderson made the threats on December 21st and 26th
Weatherford says Greenhoward and Anderson came up with the idea of a bomb threat as a way to create a distraction, so they can steal items from Wal-Mart…
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Weatherford says Greenhoward and Anderson were charged with felony theft, two counts of terrorizing and criminal conspiracy
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The Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested two teen-aged hitchhikers for allegedly stealing a limousine from a Napoleonville funeral home. Deputy Robert Martin says 18-year-old Trey Hebert and 17-year-old Brandon Morris were at an area hospital where one of them received stitches from a fight he was in earlier that morning. Martin says they didn’t have a ride home and began hitchhiking…
Deputies received complaints of a white limousine driving recklessly Monday morning. Martin says officers were able to locate the suspected vehicle at around 8AM…
He says detectives were able to locate the pair in their home, one street over from where they found the stolen car. Martin says both Hebert and Morris were booked into the Assumption Parish Detention Center… (Each are charged with felony theft of a motor vehicle.)