Assumption College in Massachusetts has seen a heavy influx in donations from the LSU fan base. Kevin Barnhart tells us why.
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An email sent one year before Blane Salamoni shot Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge is raising new questions about the former officer’s temperament. Jeff Palermo has more.
LSU place-kicker Cole Tracy is reaching folk hero status after kicking the game winning field goal versus Auburn. Cole is a graduate transfer from Assumption College in Massachusetts. Now, that school is seeing donations from LSU fans in Cole’s honor. Assumption College Vice President of Institutional Advancement, Tim Stanton, says the donations started coming after LSU’s win over Miami.
Stanton says he regularly speaks with Tracy, who has expressed his excitement over the donations which have nearly reached $4,000.
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Stanton says with nearly $4,000 received so far, if the donations continue to accumulate, the school may do something big in Tracy’s honor.
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The civil case involving the Alton Sterling shooting has uncovered a communication sent one year before Sterling’s shooting death by Officer Blane Salamoni where one his superiors questioned the former Baton Rouge cop’s sanity. Sterling Family Attorney Chris Stewart says the revelation validates the family’s claim that Salamoni should have never been given his badge.
Sterling’s attorneys say unless the city agrees to settle the case, they plan on doing a deep dive into communications between everyone in elected positions, from the city council to the mayor, to discover if anyone else knew about Salamoni’s history.
Attorney Michael Adams says the new information raises some serious questions about BRPD’s hiring and discipline process.
A trial date is set for April 20th, 2020.
Adams says his clients are pushing for a quick resolution to the civil case, and warns they’re ready to make life uncomfortable for city officials if they refuse a settlement.
Blane Salamoni was cleared by both federal and state investigations of any criminal wrong doing in the shooting death of Alton Sterling in July of 2016.
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A report out of the UK says it’s discovered at least 200 couples say video game phenomenon Fortnite is turning their marriage into a battle royale, and risking divorces. It’s the biggest game on the market at the moment, and LSU Health New Orleans Clinical Psychologist Dr. Michelle Moore says if you say your relationship is failing because of a game, there’s likely something else going on…
40 million play the game every month, along with hundreds of millions of views on streaming platform for the 25 minutes matches, but like all popular hobbies, Moore says it needs to be done in moderation.
Moore says before diving into a match, make a game plan with your significant other about just how long you intend to play.
The World Health Organization estimates two or three percent of gamers have a gaming disorder that stimulates compulsive play.
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Some of Louisiana’s 100-person contingent of first responders in South Carolina are coming home, while the others will continue rescue operations for the next week as waters continue to rise as a result of Florence. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says Louisiana firefighters have already assisted in the rescue of 500 individuals from flood waters
The remnants of Florence are in the northeast, but Browning says South Carolina is not out of the woods yet when it comes to more flooding, which is why their search and rescue teams will stay there for another week
Browning says they are focused on Darlington County, where significant flooding is possible because of the overtopping of a local dam. But he’s hopeful that the worst from Florence is over…