The LSU baseball team will look to avoid elimination today in the College World Series when they face Cal State Fullerton. Michelle Southern reports…:
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The Springfield Mayor is resigning after pleading guilty to criminal mischief. Emelie Gunn has more..
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The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee does not anticipate Governor Bobby Jindal vetoing the bill that puts a cap on the film tax program. Scott Carwile has the story…
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The LSU baseball team will look to avoid elimination today in the College World Series when they face Cal State Fullerton at 2pm. The Tigers are coming off a disastrous performance Sunday. But shortstop Alex Bregman says they are focused on winning…:
LSU is 10-0 in games following a loss this season and they have outscored opponents in those games 96-32. Bregman says it seems that when they lose, the team comes back stronger…:
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LSU has not lost back to back games this season. Freshman pitcher Alex Lange will start on the mound today and he says he doesn’t have any surprises up his sleeve…:
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The Gulf of Mexico’s first tropical system of the season is expected to bring periods of heavy rain to western parts of Louisiana and possibly present more flooding concerns along the Red River. State Climatologist Barry Keim says landfall is expected today in Texas hitting Louisiana with even more rain for the western part of the state.
Keim says the area of low pressure is expected to move through Texas and into Oklahoma dropping more rain at the source of the Red River flooding.
Keim says even though Louisiana shouldn’t be getting the severe rains as Oklahoma and Texas, some areas could still get several inches of rain. He says the Red River could rise again as a result of this system.
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Springfield Mayor Charles Martin is resigning after pleading guilty to criminal mischief for being involved in a ticket fixing scheme. Assistant LA Attorney General David Caldwell says Martin and Springfield’s Police Chief altered a 2011 DWI report to go through misdemeanor court, instead of it being a felony charge.
Martin as well as Police Chief James Jones are accused of covering up a woman’s DWI citation. Jones pleaded guilty to criminal mischief in April and resigned. Caldwell says Martin has 90 days to resign as mayor and will not be allowed to seek reelection for this office.
Martin’s plea deal will require no jail time. He is required to pay $550 in fines, perform 32 hours of community service and two years of probation. Caldwell says they take cases of small town corruption seriously.
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The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee doesn’t see Governor Bobby Jindal vetoing the film tax credit legislation that caps the amount of credits redeemed to 180-million dollars a year. Lafayette Representative Joel Robideaux says if the governor vetoes the bill, it will lead to a 70-million dollar cut to higher education and health care
Film industry officials believe the legislation is unconstitutional, because it could lead to the state not honoring some credits, because the cap is for credits redeemed and not issued. But Robideaux says legislative staff has assured lawmakers the legislation is legal
Hollywood South is also concerned the legislation will chase movie production away. But Robideaux says a 180-million dollar cap in redeemed credits still allows for 540-million dollars in film production a year and over one-point-five billion dollars over the next three years
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