The Louisiana Senate has approved a bill that would make it illegal to touch your cell phone while driving. Jeff Palermo reports the measure is one more vote from reaching the governor’s desk..
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We’re getting some raw numbers on the Super Bowl’s economic impact to Greater New Orleans and the State of Louisiana. Andrew Greenstein is at the Capitol, where the announcement was made.
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A Sulphur high school teacher and coach is facing charges for his alleged role in the stabbing of a six-year-old child. Major Mark Leblanc with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office says their deputies went to a home in the Leonville area to investigate a domestic disturbance and walked into a chaotic scene
Leblanc says 37-year-old Patrick Greene was combative with deputies, but was eventually arrested and charged with domestic abuse battery with child endangerment, two counts of aggravated assault and resisting an officer. Leblanc says the child is at a Baton Rouge hospital with life-threatening injuries….
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KLFY-TV is reporting that the child previously had a brain tumor and was a patient at St. Jude. Leblanc says there were a total of seven children inside the home when the violence broke out…
Leblanc says some of the children belonged to Greene, the others belonged to Greene’s wife. The Calcasieu Parish School Board say Greene is now on administrative leave.
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It may soon be illegal to handle your cellphone while behind the wheel as a handheld cellphone bill is nearing final legislative approval. Covington Republican Patrick McMath explained it is illegal in the state to text and drive, but that law is unenforceable…
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The legislation means that your cell phone cannot be in your hand while driving. McMath told the Senate that handling a cell phone while driving would be a secondary offense and explained to the Senate what that means…
The Senate approved the House Bill 33 to 5. Similar bills have failed in previous years, but supporters like McMath says this legislation can help lower auto insurance rates…
The measure heads back to the House for approval of Senate amendments and then it will head to the governor’s desk and Jeff Landry is expected to sign it.
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Two cyclists were killed Sunday night in overnight crashes in Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes. 75-year-old Jerry Francis of Houma was rear ended while traveling south on LA Hwy 57. State Trooper Peggy Bourque says Francis’ bike had no lights or reflective material…
28-year-old Jonathon Bourg of Golden Meadow suffered a fatal crash while riding a motorized bicycle in Larose. Bourque says Bourg was struck at the intersection of LA Hwy 308 and LA Hwy 657 after running a red light…
Bourque says the other two drivers involved in the crashes were properly restrained and uninjured. Neither were suspected of being impaired, and standard toxicology samples from Francis and Bourg are pending analysis as investigations are ongoing. Bourque reminds drivers to stay vigilant…
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It goes without saying that Super Bowl 59 was an economic boom for Louisiana. And now, we have some of the numbers. A new study from LSU’s Business school finds that Super Bowl 59 generated 1.25-billion dollars in economic output — that’s the second most among the last ten Super Bowls. Saints Owner Gayle Benson also noted that visitors and vendors spent more than 650-million dollars while in Louisiana
The state also rolled out the welcome mat for business leaders, investors and innovators through its Louisiana Now pavilion; and Economic Development Secretary Susan Bourgeois said more than four-thousand of them stopped by.
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New Orleans has hosted 11 Super Bowls, tied with Miami for the most in history. And Benson says work is already underway for New Orleans to secure its 12th.
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The soonest the Super Bowl can return to New Orleans is 2030.