The Saints are going to court to keep the public from seeing hundreds of emails that team executives sent to the Archdiocese of New Orleans concerning the sexual abuse crisis involving their priests. Court documents allege the NFL franchise tried to help the diocese cover up the crimes, but the Saints released a statement today that their advice was to be open and transparent, making sure all law enforcement agencies were alerted.

The man accused of setting fire to three predominately black congregation churches in St. Landry Parish will have a change of plea hearing on February 10th. Holden Matthews previously pleaded not guilty to state and federal arson and hate crime charges. Ciolino says a plea deal will reduce Matthews’ federal sentence and keep him out of a state penitentiary…
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The killing of 17-year-old Ja’Quarius Taylor in Washington Parish has a civil rights group concerned that he may have been targeted because he was black and gay. Matt Doyle has more…
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Northwestern State’s online general studies program has been ranked as the second-best in the country. Executive Director of Academic Advising at Northwestern, Steve Hicks, says the online general studies program provides a lot of flexibility for a student, many of them over the age of 24…
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