Former Senator and First Lady Elaine Edwards will be laid to rest today. Jeff Palermo takes a look at her fascinating history.
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Summertime means more door to door sales, and that means more predatory home security sales practices. Don Molino has more.
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Another school massacre has brought gun control back into the national spotlight just three months after the Parkland shooting. Matt Doyle has the story.
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The Miss USA finals are tonight in Shreveport. It’s an event that not only brings glamour to northwest Louisiana, but the pageant is also expected to produce a five-million-dollar economic impact. Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau spokesperson Chris Jay says the contestants have enjoyed their time preparing for the big night
Fox Television will broadcast the 67th Miss USA pageant at 7 PM and it will be shown around the world in 60 countries. A winner will be crown inside the Hirsch Coliseum and Jay says the Miss Universe Organization will shine a bright light on the Shreveport area tonight…
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The contestants have been in town for over a week and Jay says it seems they’ve enjoyed their time in the Bayou State
Officials hope the press surrounding the event may lead to more tourism not only in Shreveport but throughout Louisiana.
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Summertime is the most active season for door-to-door sales, and State Fire Marshal Butch Browning reminds everyone to be wary of home security sales fraud. Dale Meredith of Cottonport recounted his story of how a salesman saw the ADT sign outside his house and proceeded to impersonate an ADT official who claimed to be there to replace his panel. After coming in to take a look around the house…
Better Business Bureau Southwest Louisiana President Carmen Million says home security installation and sales ranks among one of the most problematic and reported industries in the country.
Browning says report any suspicious sales activity and offered four tips to avoid door to door sales fraud.
Browning says the state receives 25 complaints a month about door to door sales fraud.
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Today is the funeral service for former First Lady Elaine Edwards, the onetime US Senator, actress, seamstress, and wife of Edwin Edwards. Elaine married Edwin in 1949, remaining married for 40 years, and three terms of her husband’s governorship. Biographer Leo Honeycut says a life in politics wasn’t exactly what she had in mind.
As one of her husband’s political machinations, Elaine was appointed a US Senator following Allen Ellender’s death in 1972, where she served for three months. She’s been quoted as saying “Let’s have no misgivings, I am not a United States Senator.” But Honeycut says she picked up on the great responsibility remarkably quickly.
After Edwin’s third term began in 1983, Elaine did not return to the mansion. Instead, she became a seamstress specializing in exclusive dresses for Mardi Gras balls. The two divorced in 1989, which lead to Elaine trying her hand at acting in the Big Apple.
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The latest school shooting, this time at Santa Fe High School, has reignited the conversation around gun regulations. In response to the Parkland massacre, several bills were introduced in Louisiana that targeted firearms, but all were struck down. New Orleans Senator Troy Carter, who introduced several gun bills this year, says he hopes the legislature will come around on gun control.
Carter introduced three gun control bills. One that would restrict assault rifle sales to those over the age of 21, another that would track ammo sales, and a final bill that banned bump stocks. He says despite a lack of support in the capital this year, he’ll be reintroducing them next year.
The New Orleans Democrat says for any gun control legislation to gain traction, one organization in particular is going to have to get behind it.
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Ohio State graduate transfer quarterback Joe Burrow has announced he’s LSU bound. Burrow who visited the campus recently made his decision on Friday and he’ll compete with three other quarterbacks to be the starter this fall. Matt Mascona, the host of After Further Review on ESPN Baton Rouge Radio, says Burrow has a skill set the other Q-Bs on LSU’s roster do not have…
But is Burrow the answer to LSU’s problems at quarterback. Moscona says Head Coach Ed Orgeron is taking a calculated risk with Burrow…
Burrow spent the past three seasons at Ohio State as a back-up. He graduated, which allows him to play this fall, with two years of eligibility left. Mascona says history shows LSU has had some success with transfer quarterbacks, Zach Mettenberger and Danny Etling, are two examples…