Former two-term Governor Mike Foster is being remembered fondly today after passing away at the age of 90. Jeff Palermo spoke to his former chief of staff…
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Bayou Classic officials announced today the annual football game will be played in Shreveport next Spring, not New Orleans. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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The state is mourning the death of former two-term Governor Mike Foster, who passed away in Franklin at the age of 90. The Korean War vet and businessman from St. Mary Parish created Louisiana’s Community and Technical College System. His former chief of staff, Stephen Perry, says Foster knew the importance of a two-year college degree…
Perry says Foster also helped expand TOPS and directed one-point-seven billion dollars to higher education
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Foster was a democrat when he was elected to the Louisiana Senate in 1987. But when he qualified to run in the 1995 governor’s race he switched to Republicans. Perry says it was the start of a movement in Louisiana…
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Foster helped launched former Governor Bobby Jindal’s political career when he named Jindal his Health Secretary when he was just 24 years old.
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President Donald Trump will be released from the hospital Monday afternoon and allowed to continue recovering from COVID-19 at the White House.
Congressman Mike Johnson says the President is a high-energy and healthy individual who should be able to shake off the disease…
Reports indicate the President was suffering from some severe symptoms Friday and Saturday and was treated with a cocktail of experimental treatments, Remdesivir, and a powerful steroid.
The weekend saw a series of often conflicting reports about the President’s condition, including revelations that he was sicker than officials first let on, but Johnson says…
The President has filmed several videos from within Walter Reed Hospital and Sunday had the Secret Service drive him around the facility to wave at fans from within the vehicle.
The infection of the President and 11 prominent Republicans is reportedly linked to a ceremony celebrating the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barret. Johnson disagrees with that assumption.
Video and pictures from the Rose Garden celebration show many of the now confirmed infected individuals having close, unmasked contact with a number of other dignitaries at the event.
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Tropical Storm Delta is strengthening over the northwestern Caribbean Sea and is expected to become a hurricane on Tuesday. National Weather Service New Orleans meteorologist Kevin Gilmore says the storm appears to be on track for a Friday morning landfall.
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Gilmore says the current projected path has Louisiana in the crosshairs for that landfall, but the cone of uncertainty is much wider.
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Gilmore says coastal residents should not rest on this storm just because it is threatening this late in the season as the northern Gulf Coast has a history of notable storms.
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The Bayou Classic football game between Southern and Grambling traditionally held Thanksgiving weekend in New Orleans is getting a new home for 2021 as it moves to Shreveport. The 47th annual game will take place April 17. Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins says it’s a big win for the city.
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The only other time the game has not been played in New Orleans was 2005, when it was played in Houston due to Hurricane Katrina.
Perkins says the city is excited for the opportunity to welcome students, alum, and fans from both universities and assures that the city and its partners will make it a spectacular event.
Perkins says while the game will take place in April, plans are already being put into place to ensure the game is compliant with COVID-19 spread mitigation efforts.
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