24 individuals associated with a Shreveport street gang have been indicted for a CARES Act fraud scheme. Kace Kieschnick has the story…
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After arresting 42-year-old Janice Frazier in the shooting death of her boyfriend found Saturday, Baton Rouge authorities tell Teiko Foxx they have also connected Frazier to the unsolved murder of an ex-boyfriend.
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The Republican controlled Louisiana Legislature overrides the governor’s veto of a ban on doctors from performing medical procedures on children designed to change their biological sex. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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U.S. Attorney Brandon Brown says 24 people closely associated with a Shreveport street gang are facing charges related to a CARES Act fraud scheme. Brown says the defendants defrauded the federal government of thousands of dollars by taking advantage of small business pandemic relief loans to fund criminal activity
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Brown says the defendants manufactured a variety of artificial businesses in order to fraudulently receive pandemic relief dollars…
All 24 defendants face counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and varying charges or wire fraud. If convicted, they could face up to 20 years in prison, 1 to 3 years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000. Brown says cases like this is why he became a federal prosecutor…
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Authorities say a Baton Rouge woman arrested for killing her boyfriend over the weekend has also confessed to killing an ex-boyfriend in 2021. On Saturday, Baton Rouge Police detectives began investigating the shooting death of 34-year-old Christopher Holden, who was found dead in a park. Sergeant L’Jean McKneely says they determined 42-year-old Janice Frazier killed Holden and during questioning, they learned she was involved in another homicide…
McKneely says Frazier is not only facing a murder charge for fatally shooting Holden this past weekend, they now have a confession that she killed 29-year-old Emanie Anderson in October 2021…
McKneely says detectives believe both murders are a result of domestic violence…
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The Office of State Parks kicks off a new pilot recycling project – Let Louisiana Shine Park Recycling Program – as recycling bins will be placed at four different state parks to collect aluminum cans and plastic drink bottles. Pontchartrain Conservancy Executive Director Kristi Trail says recycling bins help keep items out of the state’s waterways and off roadways…
The program has rolled out at the Fontainebleau, Fairview-Riverside, Tickfaw, and Bogue Chitto. Materials will be collected, sorted, and trash contamination will be removed. Trail says before this initiative, there was nowhere to separate recyclable materials…
Trail says collection totals will be recorded on a bi-weekly basis to determine the program’s success rate…
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Louisiana lawmakers have succeeded in overriding the governor’s veto of a bill that bans doctors from performing a medical procedure that attempts to alter the biological sex of a minor. Pollock Representative Gabe Firment has called the bill the “Stop Harming Our Kids Act”….
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But New Orleans Representative Jason Hughes agreed with the governor’s veto message that the legislation is unconstitutional….
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The House overrode the veto by five votes, on a 75-23 vote. Firment says 20 other states, including many in the South, have passed similar legislation
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A federal judge last month struck down Arkansas version of the trans youth health care ban. Firment’s bill is set to go into effect in January. St. Martinville Senator Fred Mills voted no as he believes the Legislature should not get involved in the relationship between a patient and a child
The gender affirming care bill as some have called it, is the only bill that lawmakers successfully vetoed. The governor issued over two dozen vetoes from the recently completed legislative session.
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New Auburn Head Coach Hugh Freeze took the podium today at SEC Media Day. Freeze is known for his ability to turn programs around quickly after helping new FBS teams Arkansas St and Liberty to their first winning seasons and Ole Miss win its first SEC game in two years back in 2012. He’ll hope to help to rebuild Auburn after two losing seasons but says it starts with one position…
The first step for Freeze has been in recruiting adding 42 new players to the roster since last season ended. While Freeze thought Auburn might be an easier turnaround than his other rebuilds, he doesn’t underestimate the challenge of coaching a new roster…
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Mississippi State’s new Head Coach Zach Arnett spoke at SEC Media Days today. The Bulldog’s former defensive coordinator has the tall task of replacing the late Mike Leach which starts on the offensive side of the ball. Leach was known for his iconic Air Raid offense but Arnett says new coordinator Kevin Barbay brings a different approach…
While the Bulldogs may be experiencing some major coaching changes, they’ll have many returning players this year including the top two tacklers in the SEC, linebackers Jett Johnson and Nathaniel Watson. Arnett says they’ll be essential in the team’s success…