LSU suffered an embarrassing loss at Kentucky on Saturday. Jeff Palermo looks back at what happened…
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A multi-parish shooting spree leaves several injured and two dead including a state trooper. Brooke Thorington has more
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With just over a year to go before Senator John Kennedy’s re-election bid goes to the voters, contenders are beginning to come out of the political woodwork. More from Dave Brannen.
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The LSU Tigers were completely outmatched on Saturday night in Lexington Kentucky as the Wildcats scored the first three touchdowns of the game and went on to win 42-21. Coach Ed Orgeron’s defense gave up 330 yards rushing…
The loss drops the Tigers record 3-and-3 and there’s a lot of noise that Orgeron’s coaching days at LSU are coming to an end. Orgeron admits it’s tough times, but still has confidence that he can turn things around…
Following the loss, LSU only made one player available to the media and that was Quarterback Max Johnson, he was asked about the team’s 3-and-3 record…
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After a multi-parish shooting spree, two are dead and three are critically injured. State Police say 31-year-old Matthew Mire is now in custody after Saturday shootings in Ascension, Livingston, and East Baton Rouge Parishes. Colonel Lamar Davis says one of the fatalities is LSP Master Trooper, Adam Gaubert.
Gaubert’s body was found inside his patrol car Saturday evening near Dutton Road in Ascension Parish approximately 12 hours after an earlier shooting happened in the area involving the suspect. The length of time it took to discover Gaubert’s body is under investigation.
Mire is believed to have shot and injured two people in Livingston Parish, then shot and killed his relative Pamela Adair and injured her significant other in Ascension Parish. Another trooper was also fired upon in the shooting spree that left the trooper’s vehicle bullet-ridden
Shortly after 10 PM Saturday when Mire was apprehended in the Hoo Sooo Too Road area. Ascension Parish, Sheriff Bobby Webre said they still don’t know what motived the suspect to go on a shooting rampage.
According to The Advocate Mire had been staying with his mother since his girlfriend died of an overdose.
Webre says Mire abandoned a stolen vehicle and took off on foot. Mire was reportedly taken into custody without incident in the area along the Ascension and East Baton Rouge parish line after law enforcement swarmed the area. Mire sustained injuries from a K-9 bite and a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound to his leg.
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Mire was taken to a local hospital for treatment of his injuries and charges include First Degree Murder of a Police Officer and Attempted First Degree Murder of a Police Officer.
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The field of contenders for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican John Kennedy is expected to get a little more crowded in the near future. LA Politics publisher Jeremy Alford says there’s talk that Democrat Gary Chambers could announce his intentions soon and that he’s not an unknown in political circles.
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Political newcomer and commercial pilot, Luke Mixon of Baton Rouge, announced last week his decision to run against Kennedy next year.
While Mixon says he has political operatives working with him on his campaign, Alford says Chambers has some notable backing too should he decide to seek Kennedy’s Capitol Hill seat.
Alford doubts any big-name Republicans will announce a bid to unseat Kennedy next year.
And Alford says Kennedy will undoubtedly have a sizeable war chest for his re-election bid, including eight million dollars in cash already on hand.
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The owner of the seven nursing homes that evacuated more than 800 residents to a Tangipahoa Parish warehouse before Hurricane Ida is trying to get his nursing home licenses back. Bob Dean’s attorney John McLindon says they’ve filed an appeal with the Division of Administrative Law trying to have the licenses restored.
McLindon says the Louisiana Department of Health had issues with what happened after the evacuation and not the evacuation plan itself. He says what happened afterward happened in other areas impacted by the hurricanes.
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As for when he expects his client to possibly regain the licenses for his seven facilities, McLindon says he expects it could take months.
McLindon says in the meantime his client has had to lay off several employees and for others, he continues to pay their salaries despite no income.
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Jameis Winston threw four touchdown passes and the defense forced two turnovers as New Orleans defeated the Washington Football Team 33-22. Alvin Kamara also had a big day, 122 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns.
A big play in this game was the 49-yard touchdown pass from Winston to Marquez Callaway to end the first half. Coach Sean Payton says his guys executed the Hail Mary perfectly…
The Saints head into its bye week with a 3-2 record. Payton says the team is heading in the right direction and the open week gives them a chance to recharge…
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106 points were scored in Thibodaux on Saturday and there was over one-thousand yards of offense as Southeastern Louisiana defeated Nicholls 58-48 in a Southland Conference shootout. Colonels Coach Tim Rebowe’s team tried to come back from a 31-14 deficit…
With the victory, the 14th ranked Lions improve to 4-and-1 and they finally get to play a home game this Saturday against Houston Baptist. S-L-U Coach Frank Scelfo is looking forward to playing in front of a packed Strawberry Stadium…