Louisiana Tech’s Forever Loyal Campaign proves donors are Forever Generous by exceeding their goal and raising $171 million. Brooke Thorington has more.
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State and federal law enforcement agencies say they are prepared for this weekend’s planned demonstrations and will be monitoring the situation at the State Capitol. Matt Doyle has the story.
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So far only one Louisianan has been arrested for participating in the riot at the Capitol last week, 50-year-old Vaughn Gordon of Lafayette.
Gordon isn’t accused of being violent, only of misdemeanors, but legal analyst Tim Meche says everyone at the Capitol that day who gets caught will pay a price…
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One police officer was beaten to death with a fire extinguisher and another committed suicide several days after. Federal prosecutors also allege some involved in the riot were actively plotting to assassinate elected officials.
Gordon got charged after admitting to the Advocate that he was inside the Capitol that day as part of the protest. There’s also a video circulating of Gordon discussing the day…
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Gordon told the Advocate that he was able to wander the Capitol for nearly two hours, but says he didn’t vandalize anything and remained peaceful.
Meche says Gordon may not be the only Bayou State native who gets arrested…
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Gordon was charged Thursday with one count of knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building without lawful authority, and one count of demonstrating in the Capitol.
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Louisiana Tech’s Forever Loyal Campaign and exceeded its goal and raised more than $171 million for the University. LA Tech President Dr. Les Guice says the campaign which began November 2018 originally set out to raise $125 million.
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Guice credits the Loyal Tech family, who has been impacted by the University for the success of the campaign.
Guice says the funds have already been used to assist students and they have other infrastructure projects are the works.
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The La Tech campus was heavily damaged on April 25th of 2019, by an EF3 tornado, the majority of that damage was to athletic facilities. Guice says the unfortunate event spurred donations to the campaign.
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Guice says parts of that significant donation of $1-million went towards helping students and staff who were affected by the tornado.
More than 23,500 donors made more than 100-thousand individuals donations.
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Governor Edwards asks everyone participating in this weekend’s protests to stay peaceful and follow the law.
Law enforcement agencies report they will be closely monitoring demonstrations at the State Capitol this weekend. Edwards says the state will protect your right to protest, but not to riot.
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State Police and other law enforcement agencies including the FBI released a joint statement saying they are monitoring the situation but have not identified any specific or substantiated threat to life or property.
Edwards touted the fact that election protestors have been holding demonstrations at the State Capitol for weeks without issue, hopes they will continue to do so, and not behave like the Capitol Hill mob.
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Federal Prosecutors now allege the some involved in the Capitol Hill mob intended to capture and assassinate specific elected officials.
Edwards asks anyone attending a protest this weekend to wear a mask.
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The Saints and Buccaneers will meet for a third time on Sunday in the NFC Divisional Round playoff game. In the two regular-season meetings, the Saints allowed just 13 points a game and they’ve intercepted Bucs Quarterback Tom Brady five times. Brady has a lot of respect for the New Orleans defense
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Tampa Bay finished the regular season with the N-F-L’s number one rush defense. Saints Offensive tackle Terron Armstead on what the Buccaneers do well….
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This will be the third meeting this season between the Saints and Buccaneers. Armstead says they’ll stick with what they’ve done all season…
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