A bill passed in the most recent legislative session repeals a law that would have put speed cameras on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. When the issue was raised in 2022 St. Martin Parish Sheriff Becket Breaux responded by putting more deputies on the bridge who wrote 7,000 tickets and reduced crashes by 25-percent. He says speeding is not the main cause of crashes it’s motorists driving slower in the left lane, distracted drivers…

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He says cameras can’t detect human or drug trafficking.

DOTD has closed the Grosse Tete Bridge after it was damaged around 5:30 this morning by a vessel on the Port Allen Lock. An estimated 15-hundred cars use drawbridge, located on Highway 77 in Iberville Parish daily. The cause of the accident remains under investigation and no injuries have been reported.

It was 80 years ago today when more than 156,000 Allied ground troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, a turning point in WWII, what’s referred to as D-Day. Of the 2,500 Americans who were killed, 33 were from Louisiana. Colonel Jerome Buller with the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs says this anniversary is notable because…

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Of the Louisianans killed in action 12 are buried in state, 17 in American cemeteries in France, one in England, and three were never found.

Today is the 80th anniversary of D-Day when more than 156-thousand Allied ground troops stormed the beaches of Normandy….
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That’s Colonel Jerome Buller with the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs.

Awaiting the governor’s signature is a bill that would allow some high school students to opt out of taking the ACT test. Bossier City Representative Dennis Bamburg’s bill would give career-path diploma students the option to take a job skills test or a military readiness test instead. Bamburg says requiring a student who does not plan on attending college to take the ACT is lowering the state’s overall ACT score…
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BESE President Ronnie Morris is urging the governor to veto this bill, because he says the proposed law would weaken school accountability.

Governor Landry has signed a bill to repeal a law that would have put speed cameras on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. It is welcome news to St. Martin Parish Sheriff Becket Breaux, who has increased patrols on the bridge in 2022 and he says it’s helped reduce speeding and prevented crashes…
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He says it is better to have a law enforcement presence versus cameras.

The Kenny Wayne Shepard band is performing at the Raising Canes River Center on July 13th in Baton Rouge, and they want a band from Louisiana to open up for them. They plan to hold a Battle of the Bands competition at the Texas Club in Baton Rouge on June 21 and they are taking submissions now. Kenny Wayne Shepard says this is a great opportunity for an aspiring Louisiana band.

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Go to Eagle981.com for info.

Today is the 80^th anniversary of D-Day. Brooke Thorington has more.

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The Treasure Chest Casino in Kenner will open its doors today for its new land-based casino in Kenner. David Strow (rhymes with how) with Boyd Gaming Corporation says it will be quite a change from their riverboat casino and he’s betting visitors will be impressed.

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­­­­­­­­­­­­­­The Kenny Wayne Shepard band is performing at the Raising Canes River Center on July 13^th in Baton Rouge, and they plan to hold a Battle of the Bands competition at the Texas Club in Baton Rouge on June 21 to feature a local band as their opening act. Kenny Wayne Shepard says this is a great opportunity for an aspiring Louisiana band.

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­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Bands can submit through June 12^th.

Go to Eagle981.com and click on “Battle of the Louisiana Bands” for more info.

Vincent LaFrance of Pearl River has been arrested in connection with the murder of Douglas LaFrance, his 74-year-old father.

St. Tammany Parish Sheriffs detectives we called to the home and found LaFrance dead on the front porch of the home.

St. Tammany Corners office performed an autopsy and suspicions were confirmed and LaFrance’s death was ruled a homicide.

Vincent LaFrance was arrested Wednesday evening in connection with his fathers death and was booked into the St. Tammany Parish Correctional Center.

The investigation is ongoing and additional charges are still possible.

It was 80 years ago today when more than 156,000 Allied ground troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, a turning point in WWII, what’s referred to as D-Day. Of the 2,500 Americans who were killed, 33 were from Louisiana. Colonel Jerome Buller with the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs says this anniversary is notable because…

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Legislation awaiting the governor’s signature would lift the requirement that every high school student has to take the A-C-T test. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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The founder and President of Acadian Ambulance Richard Zuschlag has passed away at 76 after a battle with cancer. The Pennsylvania native moved to Lafaye5ter in 1976 and a year later started Acadian Ambulance with two ambulances. Zuschlag appeared on WRKF’s Talk Louisiana in 2022 and talked about growing Acadian Ambulance into one of the country’s largest privately held medical transportation companies.

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Governor Jeff Landry signed into law a bill that gives himself authority to appoint the chairs of the board that he already appoints most of the membership. Landry appointed Stephen Dwyer as the chairman of the Housing Corporation and replaces Jimmy Clarke with New Iberia native Mark Romero as chairman of the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System.

Today is the 80th anniversary of D-Day when more than 156-thousand Allied ground troops stormed the beaches of Normandy….
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That’s Colonel Jerome Butler with the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs. 33 Louisianians died that day. 12 of them are buried in the state, 17 in France, one in England and three were never found.

A bill awaiting the governor’s signature would end the requirement for students to take the ACT if they are seeking a career path diploma. Instead they would take a job skills test or a military readiness test. New Orleans Representative Jason Hughes made the argument the state’s public education rankings have improved because the state requires every high school student to take the ACT…
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Supporters of this legislation say Louisiana’s average ACT score has declined in recent years because students are taking the test that have no desire to go to four-year university.

Treasurer Chest Casino in Kenner opens its new land-based casino today that has 47-thousand square feet of gambling space, twice the size of their riverboat casino. David Strow with Boyd Gaming Corporation says there is also on-site parking…
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Boyd Gaming has locations from Las Vegas to Mississippi and Strow says the Treasurer Chest in Kenner is one of their most successful properties.

Are you in a band or know someone who looking for their big break? The Kenny Wayne Shepard band is seeking an opening act for its July 13th show at the Raising Cane’s River Center in Baton Rouge and they are holding a Battle of the Bands competition, where the winner will open up for Kenny Wayne Shepherd….
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Go to eagle-98-1-dot-com for more information.

Taking the A-C-T would no longer be a requirement for some high school students under legislation awaiting the governor’s signature. On the final day of the legislative session, state lawmakers gave approval to Bossier City Representative Dennis Bamburg’s bill that says if a student is seeking a career-path diploma they could take a job skills test or a military readiness test. Bamburg says it’s about giving parents options…
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Since 2013 Louisiana has required every high school student to take the ACT.

It’s the 80th anniversary of D-Day. On this day more than 156-thousand Allied Ground troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, in a turning point in World War Two. During the legislative session, lawmakers approved a resolution honoring the 33 Louisianans who died in the gruesome battle. Colonel Jerome Buller with the state department of veterans affairs…
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In Shreveport, Former KTBS news director and anchor Bill Lunn vehemently denies he was sexting with a girl who identified herself as a minor. Three men who describe themselves as predator hunters allegedly caught Lunn in the act as they pretend to be underage girls online in an effort to catfish men in the Shreveport area trying to meet up with underage girls for sex. Shreveport Police is investigating.

The Kenny Wayne Shepard band is performing at the Baton Rouge Raising Canes River Center on July 13th, and they are looking for a local band to open their show.
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Today is the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Brooke Thorington has more.
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The founder and President of Acadian Ambulance Service has passed away at the age of 76. Richard Zuschlgag started the company in 1971 and had just two ambulances. The Pennsylvania native has built the company into the nation’s largest privately held medical transportation company with 52-hundred employees in four states.

The Treasure Chest Casino in Kenner will open its doors today for its new land-based casino in Kenner. David Strow (rhymes with how) with Boyd Gaming Corporation says it will be quite a change from their riverboat casino and he’s betting visitors will be impressed.
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The new facility has a gambling hall that’s 47,000 square feet, twice the size of the previous casino.

The Kenny Wayne Shepard band is performing at the Raising Canes River Center on July 13th in Baton Rouge, and they want a band from Louisiana to open up for them. They plan to hold a Battle of the Bands competition at the Texas Club in Baton Rouge on June 21 and they are taking submissions now. Kenny Wayne Shepard says this is a great opportunity for an aspiring Louisiana band.
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Go to Eagle981.com and click on “Battle of the Louisiana Bands” for more info.

Louisiana started sending a rotation of 50 Louisiana Army National Guardsmen to the Texas border last March to curb illegal crossings. The three-month deployment is coming to an end and Governor Landry says he is in talks with Texas Governor Greg Abbot about extending the deployment.

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Secretary of State Nancy Landry says she’s extremely pleased with the 11 bills passed in the session to improve Louisiana’s election system. Even though the Bayou State is in the ranked in top ten for election integrity by the Heritage Foundation and number one in the south by the Electoral Integrity Project

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The founder and president of Acadian Ambulance Richard Zuschlag has passed away at 76. Jeff Palermo has the story…

Cut 1 (34)  “…I’m Jeff Palermo.”State Treasurer John Fleming says they’ll be mailing almost 28,000 checks to Louisianas who have unclaimed property. The total amount of those checks is $5 million. Fleming says one in six Louisiana residents has unclaimed property. Visit lacashclaim-dot org to see if you have unclaimed property.

The founder and President of Acadian Ambulance Richard Zuschlag has passed away at 76 after a battle with cancer. In 2022, on WRKF’s Talk Louisiana, he said the company began to grow when they hired several Vietnam War veterans as medics to cover Lafayette Parish…
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Zuschlag started Acadian Ambulance in Lafayette in 1971 with two ambulances and the company has grown to 52-hundred employees.

Since March, Louisiana National Guard soldiers have been assisting in Southern border patrol efforts. The mission was set to last three months, but Governor Jeff Landry says it could be extended…
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Landry says he plans to keep talking with Texas Governor Greg Abbott.

Secretary of State Nancy Landry says 11 bills that will improve election integrity in Louisiana were approved in the recently completed legislative session, including one that former Governor John Bel Edwards vetoed three times. Landry says it has to do with removing voters from the voter rolls that have not voted in an election for at least 10 years…
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Landry says this new law could result in 160-thousand people being moved to the inactive voter list.

Minor league hockey is returning to Monroe as it was announced today the Monroe Moccasins will play in the Federal Prospects League. The Perkin Hockey Group will run the team and owner Nicolas Perkin and he says he would like to bring an N-H-L team to New Orleans…
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The Monroe Moccasins will begin play in the Monroe Civic Center on October 11th.

The founder and CEO of Acadian Ambulance, Richard Zuschlag, has passed away after a battle with cancer at the age of 76. Acadian Ambulance is based in Lafayette and has 52-hundred employees, operating in four states. Zuschlag said he could not have grown this company without the help of Acadiana…
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That’s Zuschlag from an interview conducted in 2022 by Talk Louisiana’s Jim Engster. Zuschlag founded Acadian Ambulance in 1971.

Secretary of State Nancy Landry says eleven bills were approved in the recently completed legislative session that will improve election integrity in Louisiana….
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Landry says one of the bills allows them to check for citizenship when individuals register to vote in Louisiana.

Governor Jeff Landry has signed into law a bill that gives the governor the authority to appoint the chairs of boards that he already appoints the majority of the membership. While making that announcement, Landry says he’s keeping Mark Romero as the chairman of the University of Louisiana System, which oversees nine public universities in the state.

Professional hockey is coming back to the Monroe Civic Center this October. Sean Richardson has more.
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