One person has died from Monday’s attack by a 23-year-old student on the Louisiana Tech’s campus. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Governor-elect Jeff Landry’s first cabinet appointment is also the first Black woman to serve as the director of the Department of Environmental Quality.
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One of the four victims in Monday’s stabbing on the Louisiana Tech campus has passed away from her injuries. Annie Richardson lived in Ruston and was a Louisiana artist. Bulldogs Coach Sonny Cumbie opened his weekly press conference discussing the tragic incident….
Twenty-three-year-old Jacoby Johnson of Rayville now faces a second-degree murder charge and three counts of attempted second-degree murder. Authorities have called the attack on four women as random.
Tech freshman Colin Campbell of Minden saw the attack and took two of the victims to the hospital before first responders arrived.
Cumbie says the team’s thoughts and prayers are with those impacted by this violent act…
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Governor-elect Jeff Landry Appoints the first Black woman to head the Department of Environmental Quality. The appointment of Aurelia Skipwith Giacometto (Jack-ah-metto) is also his first cabinet appointment. Landry says Giacometto served as Director of U.S. Fish and Wildlife under former President Trump.
The Indiana native began her career at Monsanto as a lab tech and in addition to a biology degree from Howard, and a master’s in molecular genetics from Purdue, she has a law degree from the University of Kentucky.
Landry says her appointment will attract others to the state.
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After leaving her federal appointment with U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Landry says Giacometto returned to the private sector and became an advisor…
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Landry made the announcement from his transition team headquarters at the University of Louisiana Lafayette.
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Today marks two years since President Joe Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy is a co-author of the legislation and he says Louisiana has received nine-billion dollars from the infrastructure law in the first two years alone…
Cassidy says one-point-four billion dollars has been invested in broadband, benefiting more than 447-thousand households…
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The senator’s office says 545 million dollars in funding has already been awarded to Louisiana for ports and waterways to repair infrastructure and strengthen supply chains. Another 368-million dollars has been awarded for infrastructure and coastal resiliency. Cassidy says Louisiana is better off now than it was two years ago because of the infrastructure law…
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Southern University has parted ways with Head Football Coach Eric Dooley after only two seasons. Despite different perspectives, Athletics Director Roman Banks says it was clear a change in leadership of the program was necessary.
After a 7-5 season last year, the Jaguars struggled to a 5-5 record this year. The Jaguars lost to Prarie View A&M in a blowout-loss of 21-44 last Saturday.
The Jaguars will take on its rival the Grambling State Tigers in the 50th annual Bayou Classic in less than two weeks. Banks says Assistant Head Coach Terrance Graves and Safeties Coach Sean Wallace will serve as Interim Head Coach for the big game.
Coach Graves is the only coach in the history of the Bayou Classic to coach both Southern University and Grambling State as the Interim Head Coach.