Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux says he has a list of questions three pages long as to how the National Guard would be used to assist in dealing with crime in the city. This comes as Governor Landry has asked President Trump to send the National Guard to Shreveport, along with New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Arceneaux says the guard could help with major events the city holds.

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Investigators in Rapides Parish say the threats posted online against high schools were all copycat incidents by juveniles, and none of them were related to one another. Tommy Carnline with the sheriff’s office says those juvenile jokes, pranks or whatever they want to call them will have very severe ramifications.

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There have been rumors LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier needs surgery, but Coach Brian Kelly says that speculation is not factual. Colleen Crain has more.

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Governor Landry was on hand in New Orleans today for the announcement that the 2028 college football national championship game will be played in the Superdome. It would be the first time the College Football Playoff title game would be held in the Big Easy since 2020, when LSU beat Clemson.

Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux says he welcomes any assistance in dealing with crime, but he has several questions about the possibility of National Guard troops teaming up with city police to do so. Arceneaux says the number of questions he has is three pages long.

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Governor Landry has asked President Trump to send in National Guard troops to Shreveport, as well as New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser says while he would not want to undermine Landry, he would take a different approach in combatting crime than sending in the National Guard.

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Nungesser says he would also crack down on releasing repeat offenders, saying much of the violent crime is committed by those who have been in and out of prison several times.

The threats posted online against the high schools in Rapides Parish were all copycat incidents by juveniles – none of them were related. Tommy Carnline with the sheriff’s office says law enforcement was not amused, especially when they put the entire community on edge and forced one school to cancel all of its homecoming festivities.

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LSU Coach Brian Kelly is denying chatter that quarterback Garrett Nussmeier may need surgery to repair an injury he suffered during fall camp. After last Saturday’s loss to Ole Miss, Kelly said Nussmeier was healthy, but he went into more detail today on his injury.

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National Guard troops could soon join police officers in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Shreveport. Jeff Palermo reports Shreveport’s mayor has several questions on what that would look like.

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There have been rumors LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier needs surgery, but Coach Brian Kelly says that speculation is not factual. Colleen Crain has more.

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Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux says he welcomes any assistance in dealing with crime, but he has several questions about the possibility of National Guard troops teaming up with city police to combat crime. Arceneaux says the number of questions he has is three pages long.

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Governor Landry identified Shreveport as a city that can use the assistance of the national guard to fight crime. In his formal request to the Pentagon, Landry says he would like to see the Guard deployment last through June 30^th. Arceneaux says the guard could help with major events the city holds.

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Landry says he’s requesting the National Guard because there are signs violent crime is on the rise. But Arceneaux says violent crime in Shreveport is down almost ten-percent for 2025 and murders are down more than 20-percent.

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The Shreveport Police Union says instead of spending money on deploying the National Guard, those dollars could be better used by hiring more police officers.

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LSU football coach Brian Kelly says any speculation quarterback Garrett Nussmeier needs surgery to repair an injury he suffered in fall camp is just not true.

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Kelly was asked about Nussmeier’s health during today’s SEC coaches zoom conference with reporters. The Tigers do not have a game this Saturday, so that allows Nuss to get healthier physically, but he’ll also do mental work.

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Nussmeier, who threw for 300 yards or more in eight games last season, has not topped the 300-yard passing mark once this season. In last Saturday’s 24-19 loss to Ole Miss, the fifth-year senior only threw for 197 yards. Kelly said after the game that Nuss was healthy, but went into more detail today on the injury he sustained.

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LSU’s next game is October 11th against South Carolina in Tiger Stadium.

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A shocking development in the investigation into the threats posted online against high schools in Rapides Parish. Tommy Carnline with the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office says investigators looked into whether the threats posted against at least four different high schools were related to one another.

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Carnline says investigators have concluded that all of the threats are copycat incidents done by juveniles. He says they may think they’re being funny, but law enforcement is certainly not laughing, especially when they put the entire community on edge and forced one school to cancel all of its homecoming festivities.

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Carnline says those juvenile jokes, pranks or whatever they want to call them will have very severe ramifications.

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Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser is deeply concerned about how New Orleans is being viewed nationally after a woman from Chicago is killed while in the city celebrating her 33rd birthday. Nungesser says whether it’s unfair or not, it paints the city in a bad light.

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Governor Landry has used incidents like these as justification for calling in National Guard troops to help fight crime in cities. Nungesser says while he does not want to undermine the governor, he would take a different approach.

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Nungesser says another part of his long-term solution would be to keep dangerous people off the streets.

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Nungesser praised the work of Troop NOLA, saying that it’s been very effective in reducing crime in the City of New Orleans, including the French Quarter.

National Guard troops could soon join police officers in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Shreveport. Jeff Palermo reports Shreveport’s mayor has several questions on what that would look like

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An update in the investigation into the online threats against at least four high schools in Rapides Parish. Tommy Carnline with the sheriff’s office says investigators looked into whether they were related to one another.

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Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser is deeply concerned about how New Orleans is being viewed nationally after a woman from Chicago is killed while in the city celebrating her 33rd birthday. Nungesser says whether it’s unfair or not, it paints the city in a bad light.

Cut 12 (13) “…fearful of coming.”

LSU football coach Brian Kelly says any speculation Garrett Nussmeier needs surgery to repair an injury he suffered in fall camp is just not true. He was asked about his quarterback’s health during today’s SEC coaches Zoom conference with reporters. The Tigers do not have a game this Saturday, so that allows Nuss to get healthier physically, but he’ll also do some mental work.

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A shocking development in the investigation into the threats posted online against high schools in Rapides Parish. Tommy Carnline with the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office says investigators looked into whether the threats posted against at least four different high schools were related to one another.

Cut 9 (03)  “…none of them.”

Carnline says investigators have concluded that all of the threats are copycat incidents done by juveniles. 

Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser says while he does not want to undermine Governor Landry and his push to call in the National Guard to assist with fighting crime, he has a different idea. Nungesser says if it was his call, he would call for additional money to beef up local police as a long-term solution, as well as being more proactive in keeping dangerous people off the streets.

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There have been rumors LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier needs surgery, but Coach Brian Kelly says that speculation is not factual. Colleen Crain has more…

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Governor Landry was on hand in New Orleans today for the announcement that the 2028 college football national championship game will be played in the Superdome. It would be the first time the College Football Playoff title game would be held in the Big Easy since 2020, when LSU beat Clemson.

No progress on Capitol Hill; thus, the federal government is shut down due to a lack of funding. Senator Bill Cassidy says Democrats are proposing spending cuts that he says are untenable.

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Democrats say they’re trying to preserve the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium tax credits.

Two men are arrested in connection with this weekend’s shooting on Bourbon Street that killed a woman in town celebrating her birthday. 20-year-old Mekhi Jarius Andry was arrested in Metairie, while Dontrell Bradley was arrested on scene. 33-year-old Jessica Williams was an innocent bystander who was caught in the crossfire. NOPD Deputy Superintendent Hans Ganthier expressed his sorrow to her mother and stepfather.

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Governor Landry says one-thousand Louisiana National Guard troops need to be deployed to urban centers throughout the state because of elevated crime rates in Shreveport, Baton Rouge and New Orleans. But crime data analyst Jeff Asher says crime rates are declining in all three cities.

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A driver who tried to run over a deputy in a Rapides Parish Montessori school parking lot is arrested. The driver sped into the parking lot and drove straight towards the deputy, who dodged out of the way and shot at the vehicle. Tommy Carnline with the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office says amid the recent social media threats and other incidents across the country, everyone is on edge these days.

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Five juveniles have been arrested in connection with a series of threats posted against high schools in Rapides Parish. Those threats put the entire community on edge and forced the cancellation of one school’s entire homecoming weekend. Pineville Representative Mike Johnson says current laws related to these online threats are too lenient, and the legislature needs to address this in the next session.

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The U-S Department of Education is sending Louisiana an additional 13-point-five million dollars to support charter schools. Assistant Superintendent in the Office of School Choice, Germaine Gilson, on how this round of money can be used:

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Governor Landry has asked the federal government to fund the deployment of one thousand Louisiana National Guard soldiers to help law enforcement fight crime. Jeanne Burns has the story…

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The state is pursuing a criminal case against another out-of-state doctor for mailing abortion pills to a patient in Louisiana. This time, it’s a doctor in California. The woman says her boyfriend used her email address to order mifepristone from the doctor in 2023 and forced her to take it against her will. The same doctor also faces a lawsuit in Texas.

A series of threats against high schools in Rapides Parish has those schools on edge. Over the course of the last several days, threats have been posted onto social media against no fewer than four high schools, forcing the cancellation of one school’s entire homecoming weekend. So far, five juveniles have been arrested, but Pineville Representative Mike Johnson says current laws are way too lenient.

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Governor Landry issues a formal request to the Pentagon for the federal government to pay for the deployment of one thousand Louisiana National Guard Troops, who would assist local law enforcement in fighting crime. He tells Fox News he expects President Trump to approve his request.

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Congressman Troy Carter, who represents New Orleans, says he has great concerns about the continued push to militarize the streets under the guise of public safety.

The state department of transportation says a significant step has occurred in building a new Mississippi River Bridge south of Baton Rouge. Jeff Palermo has the story.

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State Police are investigating a deadly shooting involving a state trooper that took place at around two this morning in Gonzales. We’re told that the trooper fired his duty weapon, and the suspect was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. The trooper was not hurt. At this time, we don’t know what specifically led up to the shooting.

Governor Jeff Landry has asked the federal government to fund the deployment of one thousand Louisiana National Guard soldiers to help law enforcement fight crime. Jeanne Burns has the story…

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Landry’s request isn’t exactly sitting well with Congressman Troy Carter. The New Orleans Democrat says in a statement that while he will always support smart, effective strategies to reduce crime and keep communities safe, he’s deeply concerned about the push to militarize the streets under the guise of public safety. Carter says the focus should be on hiring and training more local officers.

The Federal Highway Administration gives the state the green light to conduct an environmental assessment for a new proposed Mississippi River Bridge south of Baton Rouge. Louisiana Transportation Secretary Glenn Ledet (le-DAY) says the goal is for the assessment to take a year to complete.

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A 20-year-old man is arrested after allegedly killing a 21-year-old man execution style and putting his body in a trunk. St. John the Baptist Parish deputies received a 911 call about a gunshot, and the caller also saw a man loading the body into an orange Dodge Charger. Sheriff Mike Tregre (“traig”) says a deputy saw a vehicle matching the description and executed a stop; and the driver, Tyler Bourgeois, said there was a body in the trunk.

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The victim has been identified as Tylen Anderson; Tregre says the two had gotten into a heated argument before the fatal shooting.

Yet another threat is made against a high school in Rapides Parish. This one was posted online last night against Tioga High School. The Sheriff’s Office has extra patrols on hand. This follows threats made against Pineville, Peabody Magnet and Alexandria Senior high schools. Rapides Parish school board member Willard McCall says these threats are no jokes – they all waste valuable law enforcement resources.

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A juvenile has been arrested in connection with the threat against Pineville High School.

U-L Lafayette says this year’s freshman class is its biggest ever at more than 32-hundred. Dr. DeWayne Bowie, the vice president for enrollment management, says the school prides itself in keeping class sizes down to a personal level.

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Governor Landry makes a formal request to the Pentagon for the federal government to pay for the deployment of one-thousand Louisiana National Guard Troops, who would assist local law enforcement in fighting crime. Landry appeared on Fox News last night; he says when he took office last year, there was a decline in violent crime in New Orleans, but recently there’s been an uptick…

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Landry says the state is also seeing elevated crime rates in Shreveport and Baton Rouge.

The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office says it made an arrest ten minutes after a 20-year-old man killed a 21-year-old man execution style, and then put the body in a trunk. Sheriff Mike Tregre (“traig”) says Tyler Bourgeois and Tylen Anderson got into a heated argument as they were driving around Saturday night.

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