The historic Shreveport Country Club is now ashes, and the future of the property that hosted thousands of weddings and other events is very much in doubt. Jeff Palermo has the story.
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The Louisiana Democratic Party is calling for change after video appears to contradict State Police’s assertion that former LSU receiver Kyren Lacy caused a deadly crash. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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River Oaks School, a small Pre-K-through-12 private school in Monroe, is a finalist for a one-million-dollar sports facility makeover from T-Mobile. Andre Champagne has more.
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The investigation continues into the weekend blaze that destroyed the historic Shreveport Country Club. It took 75 firefighters from Shreveport to put out the massive blaze, but the property is deemed a total loss. Winner’s Circle International, a nonprofit run by the Shreveport Community Church, owns the property that’s been around for 115 years, and Pastor Denny Duron says they are figuring out what the next steps are.
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There are allegations on social media that the building, which has hosted numerous weddings, dinners and other events, was burned down to insurance proceeds. But Duron says the building was not insured and he was hoping a buyer would come along and repurpose the facility.
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Duron says he was in Missouri the day the country club burned down. It has not been used since 2016, when the property was put up for sale for more than four-million dollars. Duron says vagrants repeatedly broke into the country club before the fire. He’s hoping Shreveport fire investigators can determine how the blaze started.
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The Louisiana Attorney General’s Office will be conducting an independent investigation into the State Police’s investigation into the crash that involved late LSU star receiver Kyren Lacy. This, after newly-surfaced video shows that Lacy did not cause the fatal crash, despite the LSP’s report that stated otherwise. Lacy died by suicide days before a grand jury was to consider the charges of vehicular homicide that Lacy had been charged with. Louisiana Democratic Party Executive Director Dadrius (“Darius”) Lanus says he wants to know how many other similar instances are out there.
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Lanus says after viewing the video, it seems that Louisiana State Police investigators have some explaining to do.
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Lanus is calling on the Legislature to pass “The Lacy Law” in the next session, which would be designed to prevent false reporting and wrongful accusations by law enforcement officers, with stricter penalties against those who deliberately fabricate or misrepresent evidence.
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Louisiana State Police says it’s working diligently on an investigative briefing video, which will include evidence before, during and after the crash; and once it’s complete, it will release it to the public.
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A small Pre-K-through-12 private school in Monroe is a finalist for a one-million-dollar sports facility makeover from T-Mobile. Ryan Dickson, the assistant principal and assistant athletic director at River Oaks School, says winning the competition could give the school a chance to upgrade multiple football facilities.
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River Oaks’ football stadium is outdated, and Jackson says that if the school was to win T-Mobile’s Friday Night Lights competition, the bleachers and seating would be a main priority for upgrades.
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Jackson says flood damage in 2016 left the school’s sports facilities in poor condition, so winning the competition would allow the school to make several upgrades to its facilities.
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says it received 13-hundred applications for the 2025 Black Bear Hunting Lottery. LDWF black bear biologist John Hanks says the 2024 hunt drew 973 applications. He says interest was higher this year, because more of the state is open to bear hunting during a two-week-long season in December.
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From those 13-hundred applications, 26 permits were issued for the 2025 Black Bear Hunting Season, which will run from December 6th to the 21st. Hanks says last year, only 11 permits were issued.
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The Louisiana black bear was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 1992. But thanks to a collaborative effort among many stakeholders, the black bear was removed from the list in 2016, and Hanks says the population remains healthy.
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LSU’s offense ranks 80th in the country when it comes to scoring, averaging just 27 points a game. Head coach Brian Kelly says the offense showed improvements over the bye week, as the Tigers look to keep improving.
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LSU’s rush attack ranks 117th out of 134 teams, averaging about 105 yards on the ground a game. The Tigers rushed for only 57 yards against Ole Miss, who had one of the worst rush defenses in the nation going into the game. Kelly says the offense cannot be one-dimensional and has to be able to run the ball.
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LSU’s defense will be challenged once again this week, with South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers coming to Baton Rouge. Sellers is one of the best dual-threat quarterbacks in the nation, and Kelly says the Tigers have to be able to make him uncomfortable.
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Despite facing one of the best defensive fronts in all of the NFL, the Saints’ offensive line did not allow quarterback Spencer Rattler to be sacked once in the 26-14 win over the Giants. Head coach Kellen Moore says he’s impressed with the entire group.
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After missing the first five games of the season with a calf injury, there’s a chance that Saints defensive end Chase Young could return for Sunday’s game against the Patriots. Moore says Young is progressing well.
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