The next stop on President Trump’s immigration crackdown is New Orleans. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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The percentage of drivers in Louisiana who are not buckled up is down to 11-percent. Jeff Palermo has more from the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission.
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The second round of the high school football playoffs is tomorrow night. Andre Champagne looks at who is on upset alert on the select side.
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The next stop on President Trump’s immigration crackdown will be New Orleans, and it’s expected to start as early as December 1st. As many as 250 Border Patrol agents will be in the region for up to two months, fanning out into commercial areas and neighborhoods. Congressman Troy Carter calls it a political stunt wrapped in badges and guns.
Carter says Border Patrol agents do not bring a sense of security; instead, they strike fear in communities.
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In prior operations, Border Patrol agents have been recorded on video detaining U.S. citizens. Former New Orleans Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas says those may have been instances where someone was interfering with a law enforcement operation.
Serpas says the reason that Border Patrol agents wear masks to conceal their identities is for their own safety and the safety of their families.
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Graduating seniors from Louisiana high schools will have something special on their diplomas. Governor Landry announced that in honor of the country’s 250th birthday, those graduates will have a commemorative America 250 seal on their diplomas.
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Superintendent of Education Dr. Cade Brumley says as part of the occasion, the Class of 2026 will be the first eligible for a new recognition as part of the state’s Freedom Framework initiative adopted in 2022.
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The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission continues to make the push to get everyone in a vehicle to buckle up and to make sure younger children are properly restrained in a child safety seat. Only 11-percent of drivers in Louisiana do not wear seat belts, and Highway Safety Commission Director Lisa Freeman says it will take intense messaging to get that percentage down to zero.
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Keeping children safe in a vehicle requires a car seat that is properly installed and is the right type for the child’s age and size. Freeman what they are finding out is that many caretakers do not know how to properly install a child seat.
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The Louisiana Passenger Safety Task Force is providing child seat safety information cards to the Louisiana Automobile Dealers Association, which will distribute the cards to its dealers and their customers. Freeman hopes this will result in more children being properly restrained.
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The second round of the Louisiana High School football playoffs begins tomorrow night. Today, we are looking at the Select matchups. Spencer Verrett with the LHSAA Network says the eight-nine matchup between Evangel and St. Paul’s in Division One is one of the better games.
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In Division Three, Verrett is looking forward to the eight versus nine matchup between the defending champion Catholic New Iberia Panthers and the Bunkie Panthers.
In Division Four, Verrett says two historically storied programs meet in Monroe as Southern Lab visits Ouachita Christian, and he says this game could go either way.
Tomorrow, we will preview some of the best non-select matchups.
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Ole Miss’ Lane Kiffin is LSU and Florida’s top targets in their head coaching searches. Rebels fans are on edge, but Kiffin says being pursued by other programs speaks volumes for what’s happening at Ole Miss.
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On Wednesday’s SEC weekly media teleconference call, Kiffin refused to speak on rumored trips members of his family took to Gainesville and Baton Rouge.
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UL-Lafayette faces Arkansas State tonight, as the Cajuns look to win their third straight game. The Cajuns are 1-and-4 on the road this season, and head coach Michael Desormeaux (DEZ-er-moe) says his team has to find a way to win on the road as they are just two wins away from becoming bowl eligible.
UL-Lafayette will be without seven players this week, including six defensive players, after the Cajuns’ postgame scuffle with Texas State two weeks ago. Desormeaux says the defensive line must get to the quarterback tonight as the Cajuns have a depleted secondary.
Kickoff in Jonesboro is at 6:30.