A report by the Advocate alleges Attorney General Jeff Landry, who rails against immigration issues, brought in skilled Mexican laborers on work visas to construct an LNG plant in Cameron Parish. Advocate reporter Bryn Stole says there is no definitive proof Landry broke the law in these dealings, but they did uncover documents indicating his companies may have misled the feds to get access to the visas.
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Landry political advisor Brent Littlefield says yes, the AG did help bring foreign workers to the job site, but the jobs were advertised locally first. Former LSU quarterback Joe Burrow may have collected many accolades during his time as a Tiger, but he now has a new honor at the Baton Rouge Zoo… a baby giraffe named “Burreaux”.Lott says Burreaux is the twentieth giraffe to be born at the zoo.
Cut 5 (12) “…perfect Instagram opportunity.”
A carjacking suspect is dead after being shot during an altercation with Bossier City Police on Thursday. State Police is now investigating the incident. Trooper Brent Hardy says an officer responded to an attempted carjacking near the CenturyLink center.
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The suspect was identified as 42-year-old Jeremy Fox of Bossier City.
71-year-old Robert Blair, a retired farmer, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of manslaughter for the 1989 disappearance of his wife, Isabelle and her friend Marian Coutee. Possible human remains were also found on the property and they are still being analyzed by the LSU FACES Lab. Rapides Sheriff Earl Hilton wonders how Robert Blair lived with himself all of these years