Governor Edwards holds a ceremonial bill signing this afternoon for “Katie Bug’s Law.” It requires drug testing of all drivers involved in crashes that result in serious injury. The legislation was inspired by the traffic death of 4-year-old Katie Grantham in 2017, and Bossier City Senator Ryan Gatti says this legislation goes out to her mom, who fought for it’s passage…
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The driver of the vehicle involved in the crash that killed Katie only pleaded guilty to running a red light.
An Orleans Parish judge is allowing a Saints fan’s lawsuit over the ending of the NFC championship game to move forward. Judge Nicole Sheppard denied the NFL’s motion to dismiss the suit. Attorney Tony LeMon…
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The suit seeks $75,000 in damages.
Baton Rouge Chef Jay Ducote Beat Bobby Flay on the Food Network’s Beat Bobby Flay by challenging the world-renown chef to a crawfish boil cook-off competition. While Flay went for a “deconstructed” boil with items like crawfish mayo potato salad, and crawfish tarragon buttered corn. Ducote kept it classic, and even tried for a traditional presentation.
Flay appeared frazzled during the program, and only let his crawfish boil for five minutes.
Media at Southeastern Conference Media Days pick LSU to finish second in the Western Division behind Alabama. The Tigers are set to report for preseason camp on August 1st. Tiger Rag Editor James Moran says says LSU landed eight players on the preseason All-Southeastern Conference teams, which is why LSU is picked to finish near the top of the division standings