A bill to terminate the parental rights of the perpetrator if the child was conceived by sexual assault advances to the House. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Science provides South Louisiana lawmen with a big break in a 33-year-old missing person’s cold case. Kevin Gallagher has more…:
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One of Louisiana’s most renowned high school football teams in the nation – Edna Karr – has made it to the small screen as part of a Hulu docuseries – Algiers, America: The Relentless Pursuit. Teiko Foxx has more…
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Legislation to terminate the parental rights of the violator if a child is conceived as a result of sexual assault is before the legislature. Sexual Trauma Awareness and Response (STAR) President Morgan Lamandre recounted a case in which a judge believed it was in the best interest of the child to have two parents, despite how they were conceived.
House Bill 298 would also deny the perpetrator visitation rights and any other contact with the child.
And if a mother wants to place her child for adoption, Lamandre says this bill would also terminate the perpetrator’s rights to intervene in the adoption process.
Solicitor General Liz Murrell says she assisted in writing the legislation to better clarify parental rights and to protect women who’ve chosen to either keep or place the child for adoption that was conceived from a violent act.
The bill advanced from House Civil Law and Procedure without any opposition and is headed to the House floor.
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Law enforcement in southeast Louisiana report a big break in a 33-year-old missing person’s cold case. With help from the LSU FACES lab and DNA technology authorities have identified human remains – found near Slidell by a hunter back in 1989 – as a Lafourche Parish woman, Paula Boudreaux, who vanished in 1986. Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre says what was a missing persons case is now much more…:
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Boudreaux was 22 years old when she disappeared from Golden Meadow in August of ’86. Fast forward three decades, when new and better facial reconstruction technology yielded an image of the victim that resembled photos of Boudreaux. Family members provided DNA base samples that told investigators the remains were Boudreaux’s. Webre says they will try their best to solve her apparent murder…:
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Because Boudreaux’s remains were found in a wooded area 100 miles from where she disappeared, law enforcement thinks foul play is very likely. In the years since she vanished, her son has grown to adulthood and both her parents have passed away. Sheriff Webre says this break in the 33-year-old case at least gives Boudreaux’s remaining family some closure…:
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During his monthly statewide radio show, Governor John bel Edwards addressed the sudden recent resignation of Wildlife & Fisheries Secretary Jack Montoucet (MON-too-say). The head of LDWF quit after he was implicated in a kickback scandal. Edwards appointed Montoucet to the post when he took office in 2016. He says he’s known Montoucet for years, and he hasn’t been charged with any crime…:
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The governor was also asked about proposed legislation to greatly increase legislators’ pay. He says he’s not against that, but there are other more pressing income matters to address…:
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Edwards has asked for a bill to end gender pay disparity and to increase the minimum wage ever since first taking office.
Governor Edwards was also asked about his plans for after he leaves office next year. Though he has, in the past, said he hopes to retire from “public life”, his answer Wednesday indicates he may be tempted to run if he feels he’s needed…:
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A new HULU series – Andscape’s Algiers, America: The Relentless Pursuit – chronicles Coach Brice Brown and the Edna Karr High Cougars football team’s journey to achieve greatness began streaming yesterday. Edna Karr Special Teams Coordinator Norman Randall says the series will show Head Football Coach Brice Brown, the staff, and players navigate football and life in New Orleans
Edna Karr – a predominantly Black high school in Algiers – football team is one of the nation’s best-producing top athletes and earning four state championships in the last five years. Randall says the series will show triumphs and tragedies and how the kids manage life.
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Randall believes Director Jackson Fager and Executive Producer Raina Kelley were able to guide the documentary in a way that will inspire and display real-life depictions of a community fighting to save the youth.
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The five-part series won the 2022 New Orleans Film Festival’s Audience Award.