The Pelicans made a splash at the start of NBA free agency last night by using their cap space on two widely respected veterans at positions of need. The team started the night by securing New Orleans’ best shooter since Peja Stojakovic, by signing free agent guard JJ Reddick. Reddick joins New Orleans on a two-year contract and Locked on Pelicans Podcast Publisher Jake Madison says he’s exactly what the young team needed.
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The 35-year-old averaged 18 points a game last year and is a career 41 percent 3-point shooter. The Pels also traded two second-round picks to Utah for Center Derrick Favors. Favors is known as a tough interior defender, rebounder and great locker room guy.

Leaving the Big Easy are Julius Randle and Elfird Payton. Both players have reportedly signed free-agent deals with the New York Knicks.

LSU has announced the hiring of College Football Hall of Famer and longtime USC Coach John Robinson as a senior consultant. Robinson had two stints as the head coach of the Trojans and won a national championship. LSU says Robinson will assist head coach Ed Orgeron as a consultant of daily planning of practice, personnel and game planning.

Former Capitol High star Seimone Augustus was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame this past weekend. Augustus scored 36-hundred points at the Baton Rouge high school and had 1,728 rebounds. She was a two-time Miss Basketball Award and finished her prep career by winning back to back LHSAA Four-a titles.

Many are praying for UL-Lafayette head baseball coach Tony Robichaux who is in I-C-U in New Orleans. The school says Robichaux is in critical condition after undergoing a second surgery following a heart attack.

Former LSU standout D-J LeMahieu has been named as the American League Player of the Week. LeMaheiu had seven hits and drove in seven runs as the Yankees swept their game series over the Red Sox in London. LeMahieu is now hitting .345 on the season, which leads the American League.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is asking fishermen to be on the lookout for the Asian swamp eel. LDWF biologist Robert Bourgeois says it’s a headscratcher as to how it got into local waters…
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Bourgeois says their main concern is that the Asian Swamp eel will eat the same food as native fish do. The Asian swamp eel is brown, gold-speckled and does not have fins.

The Supreme Court has ruled that federal courts cannot get involved in accusations that election maps are too partisan. Fair Districts Louisiana co-founder Brandon Faske is disappointed in the ruling and says gerrymandering is a problem. He says just look at how partisan the districts are for Congressmen Garret Graves and Cedric Richmond…
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An LSU psychologist finds society pays a heavy price for failure to diagnose and treat conduct disorder. Professor Paul Frick says conduct disorder is a highly impairing psychiatric disorder characterized by antisocial and aggressive behavior. He says if children and teens are not treated early, they can burden society later…
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Conduct disorder affects three percent of school children nationwide.

Two Eunice men are in jail after police say one of the men shot the other in a scheme to keep the shooting victim from having to attend a court hearing for child support. Police Chief says he’s not sure how Michael Rung convinced Jacob Jack to go through with the plan…
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Rung was shot in the chest and told authorities he was robbed.

An LSU study says identifying and treating conduct disorder, a severe form of anti-social behavior in children can create substantial savings down the road.
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A new fiscal year budget for Louisiana goes into effect today. The spending plan contains funding increases for K-through-12 education, public colleges and early childhood education, which will allow more low-income families to receive assistance so their children can attend pre-K education.

Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot says his officers arrested two individuals involved in a shooting set up so that the victim would not have to attend his child support court hearing. Fontenot says Michael Rung was shot in the chest and his story that he was robbed didn’t hold up when questioned by detectives…
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Fontenot says Rung had his friend, Jacob Jack shoot him and both are facing numerous charges.

The US Supreme Court has ruled that federal courts cannot intervene when there are accusations of partisan gerrymandering. The decision means any policies regarding gerrymandering will have to be handled at the state level and in Congress, and Fair Districts Louisiana co-founder Brando Faske says states like California have already demonstrated effective ways to ensure non-partisan districts.
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Baton Rouge Representative Ted James attempted to pass legislation this year to create an independent redistricting commission.

LSU psychologist Paul Frick says more needs to be done to identify and treat children and teens who suffer from conduct disorder because the severe antisocial and aggressive behavior can lead to a very high societal and economic burden. Frick says if your child’s behavior stands out among his peers, he advises counseling…
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Frick says an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is asking the public to let them know if they spot the invasive Asian swamp eel. It was found in Bayou St. John in New Orleans. L-D-W-F biologist Robert Bourgeois says the concern is that the Asian swamp eel eats the same found as native fish do. But He says they are not dangerous or aggressive with humans…
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Asian swamp eels are brown, gold-speckled eels that do not have fins.

The Caddo Sheriff’s Office continues its investigation today into Sunday’s deadly double shooting. Authorities say a man broke into his former girlfriend’s home and shot her current boyfriend. The intruder was also shot and both died. The woman and five children escaped through the kitchen door unharmed. Names of the deceased have not been released.

Eunice Police arrest a shooting victim after he allegedly convinced a friend to shoot him so he can be excused from his child support court hearing. Kevin Barnhart has more on this bizarre story.
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Shell confirms two people were killed on one of their oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday. The energy company says the incident happened 214 miles south of New Orleans and occurred during a routine and mandatory test of the platform’s lifeboat launch. The identities of the victims have not been released.

The US Supreme Court rejected an effort to prevent partisan gerrymandering. Matt Doyle spoke to Fair Districts Louisiana…
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An LSU psychologist finds society pays a heavy price for failure to diagnose and treat conduct disorder. Professor Paul Frick says conduct disorder is a highly impairing psychiatric disorder characterized by antisocial and aggressive behavior. He says if children and teens are not treated early, they can burden society later…
Cut 6 (10) “…out of school”
Conduct disorder affects three percent of school children nationwide.

A Eunice man’s plan to dodge jail for unpaid child support goes south when he’s caught staging his own robbery and shooting. During the investigation, Michael Rung claimed a person took his wallet before he was shot. Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot says it turns out Rung convinced his friend, Jacob Jack to shoot him so he can get out of his child support court hearting…
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Rung and Jack are now facing numerous charges.

An LSU study shows high social and economic costs occur when there is a failure to diagnose and treat Conduct Disorder in kids. LSU psychology professor Paul Frick details the symptoms of Conduct Disorder…
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The study found that the long term cost of not treating conduct disorder in kids is seven times higher than that of ADHD, a much more widely known disorder.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is asking fishermen to be on the lookout for the Asian swamp eel. The invasive species was found in Bayou St. John in New Orleans. LDWF biologist Robert Bourgeois says the swamp eel has the potential to throw off the ecosystem.
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Bourgeois says the Asian swamp eel is not a threat to humans and they are looking to see if eels have spread to water bodies near Bayou St. John.

The US Supreme Court defeated an effort last week to allow federal courts to intervene when states engage in partisan gerrymandering of voting districts. Fair Districts Louisiana co-founder Brandon Faske says the decision means Louisiana legislators can still draw their own districts and pick their own voters.
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The court decision ended a legal effort to have North Carolina Congressional districts rewritten in time for the 2020 election.

On the opening day of NBA free agency, the Pelicans signed three-point specialist J-J Redick to a two-year contract worth 26.5 million dollars.

Eunice Police arrest a shooting victim after he allegedly convinced a friend to shoot him so he can be excused from his child support court hearing. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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Union Parish authorities say a three-year-old child is in critical condition after the little boy was attacked by three neighborhood dogs, two of them are pit bull mixes. Sheriff Dusty Gates says the child’s mother found her son next to a shed in the yard with his clothes ripped off and suffering from numerous injuries.

The US Supreme Court defeated an effort this week to allow federal courts to intervene when states engage in partisan gerrymandering of voting districts. Fair Districts Louisiana co-founder Brandon Faske says the decision means Louisiana legislators can still draw their own districts and pick their own voters.
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A Baton Rouge woman is Louisiana’s latest one million dollar Powerball winner. Louisiana Lottery spokesperson BreAnne Frye says Lala Singleton was tagged in a Facebook post by her sister-in-law in Connecticut that someone in Baton Rouge won a million-dollar Powerball prize, and turns out it was her. Frye says Singleton plans to donate some of her winnings to a charitable cause close to her heart.
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