National Guard troops could soon join police officers in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Shreveport. Jeff Palermo reports Shreveport’s mayor has several questions on what that would look like.
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There have been rumors LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier needs surgery, but Coach Brian Kelly says that speculation is not factual. Colleen Crain has more.
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Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux says he welcomes any assistance in dealing with crime, but he has several questions about the possibility of National Guard troops teaming up with city police to combat crime. Arceneaux says the number of questions he has is three pages long.
Governor Landry identified Shreveport as a city that can use the assistance of the national guard to fight crime. In his formal request to the Pentagon, Landry says he would like to see the Guard deployment last through June 30th. Arceneaux says the guard could help with major events the city holds.
Landry says he’s requesting the National Guard because there are signs violent crime is on the rise. But Arceneaux says violent crime in Shreveport is down almost ten-percent for 2025 and murders are down more than 20-percent.
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The Shreveport Police Union says instead of spending money on deploying the National Guard, those dollars could be better used by hiring more police officers.
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LSU football coach Brian Kelly says any speculation quarterback Garrett Nussmeier needs surgery to repair an injury he suffered in fall camp is just not true.
Kelly was asked about Nussmeier’s health during today’s SEC coaches zoom conference with reporters. The Tigers do not have a game this Saturday, so that allows Nuss to get healthier physically, but he’ll also do mental work.
Nussmeier, who threw for 300 yards or more in eight games last season, has not topped the 300-yard passing mark once this season. In last Saturday’s 24-19 loss to Ole Miss, the fifth-year senior only threw for 197 yards. Kelly said after the game that Nuss was healthy, but went into more detail today on the injury he sustained.
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LSU’s next game is October 11th against South Carolina in Tiger Stadium.
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A shocking development in the investigation into the threats posted online against high schools in Rapides Parish. Tommy Carnline with the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office says investigators looked into whether the threats posted against at least four different high schools were related to one another.
Carnline says investigators have concluded that all of the threats are copycat incidents done by juveniles. He says they may think they’re being funny, but law enforcement is certainly not laughing, especially when they put the entire community on edge and forced one school to cancel all of its homecoming festivities.
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Carnline says those juvenile jokes, pranks or whatever they want to call them will have very severe ramifications.
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Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser is deeply concerned about how New Orleans is being viewed nationally after a woman from Chicago is killed while in the city celebrating her 33rd birthday. Nungesser says whether it’s unfair or not, it paints the city in a bad light.
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Governor Landry has used incidents like these as justification for calling in National Guard troops to help fight crime in cities. Nungesser says while he does not want to undermine the governor, he would take a different approach.
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Nungesser says another part of his long-term solution would be to keep dangerous people off the streets.
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Nungesser praised the work of Troop NOLA, saying that it’s been very effective in reducing crime in the City of New Orleans, including the French Quarter.