Baton Rouge Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that killed a domestic violence suspect at his Tigerland apartment early Monday morning. The officers and the deceased have not been identified, but a portion of the body cam footage has been released.
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Four officers involved in the shooting were placed on administrative leave. A K-9 officer injured in the gunfire is in stable condition.
The Southwestern Athletic Conference has made the decision to move its fall sports, including football, to the spring. Grambling President Rick Gallot says the decision was made to protect the health of their student-athletes
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The SWAC is planning to have a seven-game football schedule that would include six conference contests and one nonconference game in the spring.
The Louisiana Restaurant Association predicts a 25-30 percent drop in restaurant revenue for 2020 due to the pandemic. LRA CEO Stan Harris says they projected 11 billion dollars for the year before the pandemic, generating over a billion dollars in state and local taxes. That’s no longer the case…
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The National Restaurant Association is projecting a 240 billion dollar nationwide impact to revenue for 2020.
People who chose to mask up in New Orleans could be given a raffle ticket for a 10,000 dollar drawing. The project is being led by several city Mardi Gras Krewes, and Krewe of Red Beans founder Devin De Wulf says if they see you in the city being a responsible citizen and masking up…
The program started Monday and will continue until August 3rd. The drawing will be held on August 4th.