The Federal Court of Appeals in New Orleans has approved the removal of Confederate monuments in the city. Emelie Gunn has more….
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A Jennings woman is facing additional charges for allegedly lying about how her 4-year-old niece was set on fire. Michelle Southern reports…:
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New Orleans city officials are moving towards taking down Confederate monuments now that the federal appeals court has ruled they can be removed. Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s office says they are taking bids and a contract will be awarded in 25 days. Vice President of the Monumental Task Committee Gary Mason says they advocate tolerance and respect rather than removal…
The court criticized groups seeking to keep the statues for arguments that have no legal viability. Mason says while they are disappointed with the ruling, The Monumental Task Committee is still reviewing their legal options. He says people visit New Orleans for city’s history…
On the other side, Take Em Down NOLA coordinator Malcolm Suber says they are elated with the court’s decision to give New Orleans the right do whatever they wish with the statues in the city. But he says this is only a partial victory…
Suber says the real problem with these statutes is they are memorials to people who stood for the enslavement of African people.
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A Jennings woman is facing additional charges for allegedly lying about how her 4-year-old niece was set on fire. State Fire Marshal’s office spokesman Brant Thompson says 29-year-old Gail Brown is accused of having sex for money at a home, while her 6-year-old daughter and the 4-year-old niece were in a vehicle…:
Thompson says the victim is being treated at a pediatric burn unit in Galveston, Texas. He says the child was able to leave the vehicle when her clothes were on fire and run to the home…:
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Brown was booked for prostitution, child desertion, and false swearing for the purposes of violating public health or safety. Thompson says instead of immediately taking the child to the hospital, Brown went in another direction to try to hide her own criminal activity..:
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Spring football begins Saturday for the LSU Tigers and Head Coach Ed Orgeron said today there will be an open competition for starting quarterback. Danny Etling is the clear front-runner, after starting 10 games last season. But Orgeron says the other QBs on the roster look good as well
During spring football, LSU will be installing a new offense under first-year offensive coordinator Matt Canada. Orgeron says Canada will be able to adapt to whoever is under center taking snaps
LSU’s offense is expected to revolve around running back Derrius Guice, who rushed for nearly 14-hundred yards and 15 touchdowns last season. Orgeron expects Guice to only get better under new running backs coach Tommie Robinson…
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The U.S. Department of the Interior announces they will offer 73 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico up for sale for exploration in the oil and gas industry. Associate Director of the Tulane Energy Institute Eric Smith does not expect energy companies to have much interest…
The lease sale includes about 14-thousand blocks in all areas of the Gulf. Smith says these acres up for grab likely won’t turn things around for Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico’s energy sector. He says previous sales were extremely slow in this area.
This is the first oil lease sale covering the entire Gulf of Mexico since 1983. Smith says he does not have high hopes for this sale given the low price of oil but is optimistic conditions will change as President Trump is pushing for energy independence.
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