LSU is confirming that nine members of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity have been arrested on Hazing charges, and four of them are facing battery charges related to reports that pledges were doused in gas, urinated on, and beat. The activities are alleged to have taken place during the fall of 2018. The hazing charges are misdemeanors despite the passage of tougher anti-hazing laws last year. Legal Analyst Tim Meche says these student’s actions must not have met the criteria for harsher charges.
Felonies can also be charged if pledges are forced to consume booze pushing their BAC above .3.
Pointe Coupee authorities are trying to determine who shot into a home in the town of Glynn killing a young woman sleeping on the couch. Sheriff Bud Torres says says the only other person in the home was the victim’s boyfriend…
The victim has been identified as 25-year-old Aerial Edwards.
The Bayou Country Superfest has announced its 2019 Lineup at a press conference today. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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Yet another Acadiana school has been closed due to an infestation of bats that are making their yearly migration from Mexico to their more northern breeding grounds. Franklin Junior High in St. Mary Parish will be closed today and tomorrow after officials discovered bats hanging out in the halls and flying around in the gym. Experts have been called in for a non-lethal solution.