The ongoing rift between Governor Bobby Jindal and Senator David Vitter is getting national press. Eric Gill reports…
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2014 Federal Highway Administration data shows that 29-percent of Louisiana’s nearly 13,000 bridges are deficient. Eric Gill reports…
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The ongoing rift between Governor Bobby Jindal and Senator David Vitter is getting national press. In a recent interview with the National Journal, Jindal told the reporter to turn the recorder off and he’d say what he really thinks about Vitter. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says voters in Louisiana do not want to see these two fighting amongst themselves…
Both the governor and senator have taken shrewd jabs at each other over the years. Pinsonat says it’s amazing that Jindal is getting involved in this now, seeing that he is eyeing a run for president. He says this could hurt the governor’s aspirations…
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Vitter is in the midst of a gubernatorial campaign to succeed Jindal. Pinsonat says this rift could actually benefit Vitter in his quest to become the state’s next governor…
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As students in Northeast Louisiana miss their 4th winter weather day in a row, officials say all these days off could mean longer days for students. The state requires 63,720 instructional minutes per student per academic year, and Ouachita Parish Superintendent Bob Webber says they’ve already exceed extra time that is incorporated for inclement weather…:
Webber says the first option will be tacking minutes to the end of each day through the end of the year, but they are very close to adding entire extra days to the calendar. Webber says in his 13 and a half years as Superintendent, he’s never seen more than 2 inclement weather days in a row…:
In addition to the four days this week, Monroe City schools were also out a day in October last year because of an EF-2 tornado that tore through Ouachita Parish causing widespread damage. Webber says even though they have a significant amount of time to make up, you would always rather be safe than sorry when it comes to putting kids on buses in snow and ice…:
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Two Slidell residents have been arrested after they allegedly forced a one-year-old to drink beer. Slidell police detective Daniel Seuzenau says the child’s grandfather noticed signs of abuse
Twenty-four-year-old Brett Flower and 23-year-old Krysten Verdin were arrested on cruelty to juvenile charges. Seuzenau says Flower poured the beer the down the infant’s throat, because he thought it was funny….
Seuzenau says when Flower poured the beer down the child’s throat, it caused him to choke and regurgitate and Verdin then would get upset with the child…
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2014 Federal Highway Administration data shows that 29-percent of Louisiana’s nearly 13,000 bridges are deficient. That’s the 14th highest percentage in the United States. Louisiana DOTD spokesman Rodney Mallett says motorists should not take this description of bridges in Louisiana too literally…
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He says DOTD is working to replace and repair as many bridges as they can. Mallett says most bridges are on an inspection schedule of once every two years, with some on a six month schedule. He says there are 81 bridge inspectors throughout the state…
Mallett says, since 2008, DOTD has spent $1.3 billion to replace or repair 467 bridges across the state. He says motorists should not think that that they can’t safely cross bridges in Louisiana…
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The Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office says a now former Alexandria Police Officer is under arrest amid allegations he had sex with a juvenile. Lt. Tommy Carnline says they first got the complaint on December 1st of last year…:(Carnline says the alleged inappropriate sexual conduct occurred while Reed was off duty and it was outside the City of Alexandria.)
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Carnline says the city of Alexandria conducted their own internal investigation after the alleged incident occurred and the accused, 38-year-old Deric Reed, was placed on leave immediately. He says the suspect no longer works as a cop..: