A Washington Post article refers to Governor Bobby Jindal as one of the great mysteries of the early 2016 presidential campaign. Eric Gill has more…
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The Louisiana National Guard has released the identities of the four soldiers killed in a helicopter crash during a training exercise over the Florida Panhandle last week. Eric Gill reports…
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A Washington Post article refers to Governor Bobby Jindal as one of the great mysteries of the early 2016 presidential campaign. They said that not long ago, Jindal was considered a fresh new face in the Republican Party, but his star has since fallen. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley agrees…
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The Post says, for the first time in Jindal’s political career, he appears to be lost. They say the governor looks like he’s trying to be every politician at once. Stockley says it does appear that Jindal is struggling to find his identity on the presidential campaign trail…
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According to The Post, Jindal is polling at around two-percent in national Republican polls. Stockley doesn’t think this is a “gotcha” piece or an unfair article toward the governor…
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State police say a man and a woman from Texas died on their motorcycle in a Rapides Parish crash over the weekend. Master Trooper Scott Moreau says 59-year-old Ronnie Fillingim and 59-year-old Sharon Fillingim, both of Livingston, Texas, were traveling on their bike south on LA Hwy 21. He says that’s when a Chrysler PT Cruiser, driven by 62-year-old Larry Callahan of Calcasieu entered that lane…:(FILL in GEM)
Moreau says both Filligim’s were transported to local hospitals where they were pronounced dead…:
Moreau says the motorcycle attempted to stop but was unable to avoid hitting the Chrysler. He says Callahan was cited with improper turning but the investigation is still ongoing…:
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The Louisiana National Guard has released the identities of the four soldiers killed in a helicopter crash during a training exercise over the Florida Panhandle last week. Louisiana National Guard Major General Glenn Curtis says 37-year-old Chief Warrant Officer 4 George Wayne Griffin, Jr., a Delhi native from Hammond, leaves behind a wife and four children. He says Griffin joined the National Guard in 1994…
He says 44-year-old Chief Warrant Officer 4 George David Strother of Alexandria is survived by his wife, son, step-daughter, and mother. Curtis says Strother served in the military for 26 years…
He says 40-year-old Staff Sergeant Lance Bergeron leaves behind his wife and two children. Curtis says the Thibodaux native joined the Marines in 1998 before enlisting in the National Guard in 2001…
26-year-old Staff Sergeant Thomas Florich is survived by his wife, who is expecting the couple’s first child. Curtis says the native of Virginia, who resided in Baton Rouge, enlisted in the National Guard in 2007… (Florich was posthumously promoted from sergeant to staff sergeant.)
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Prominent New Orleans restaurateur Dick Brennan Sr, a driving force behind the highly popular Commander’s Palace, died over the weekend at the age of 84. Big Easy restaurant write and critic Tom Fitzmorris says the chefs who worked at the award winning eatery in New Orleans under Brennan couldn’t be more popular…:
A spokesman for the family says Brennan died of natural causes. Brennan led and managed some of New Orleans’ best-known dining destinations and along with his siblings were instrumental in the transformation of Commander’s Palace into the definitive modern Creole restaurant of its generation. Fitzmorris says Brennan and his siblings dealt with a family split in 1970 and were tasked with taking over Commander’s…:
With his family, Brennan opened a string of restaurants including Mr. B’s Bistro and with his children, Dickie Brennan Jr and Lauren Brennan Bower, Palace Cafe and Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse. At Commander’s, Brennan is credited with starting the tradition of the Sunday jazz brunch…: