Exciting times at Southeastern Louisiana University as it celebrates an historic milestone. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Governor Jeff Landry wants to see security beefed up around Tiger Stadium when LSU is hosting a football game. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Exciting times at Southeastern Louisiana University as the school celebrates its 100th anniversary this homecoming week. S-L-U President Dr. William Wainwright says the school has achieved its highest enrollment in more than a dozen years, with a student body of almost 16-thousand.
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Wainwright says Southeastern has recently been designated as a “Research College” by the American Council on Education, reflecting a research investment of almost three-million dollars.
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Wainwright says the university has a series of events planned as it celebrates its centennial.
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The Lions football team hosts Northwestern State this Saturday for homecoming.
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A Lyft driver from Lake Charles is dead and authorities say they have arrested a Lafayette man in her murder and a second suspect died while trying to run from the cops. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Stitch Guillory says their investigation started on Friday when 62-year-old Lawanna Lewis’ body was found in a ditch in Westlake…
Guillory says once they identified Lewis as the victim, they realized her vehicle had been stolen.
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Office detectives put out a BOLO, and the vehicle was spotted in a parking lot in the Houston area. Guillory says when Harris County Sheriff deputies approached the vehicle, two men inside fled, one was caught, the other ran into the roadway…
Twenty-three-year-old Ethan Bush of Boyce was pronounced dead after he was struck by traffic. Guillory says 26-year-old Tristan Bush of Lafayette is facing second degree murder charges. The sheriff says his condolences go out to the Lewis family…
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Tristan Bush’s bond has been set at 2.5 million dollars.
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Democrat Helena Moreno will take over as the mayor of New Orleans in 90 days. Moreno beat 11 other candidates to win the mayoral election, without the need of a run-off. John Couvillon of JMC Analytics and Polling says Moreno, who was born in Mexico, did very well with white voters and received a good number of votes from Republicans and Democrats…
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Moreno’s two strongest opponents, Royce Duplessis and Oliver Thomas are both Black, but Couvillon says Moreno still got 30-percent of the Black vote.
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Moreno will be sworn in on January 11th and promises to get work right away in improving city services, the city’s infrastructure and supporting small and minority owned businesses. Couvillon says Moreno’s experience as a state lawmaker and city councilwoman gives her a chance to be successful
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The Saints are 1-5 after their 25-19 loss to the Patriots on Sunday. Despite moving the ball well, New Orleans had to settle for field goals as the offense couldn’t find the end zone for most of the game. Quarterback Spencer Rattler says he feels like the Saints played good enough on offense.
The Saints offense had multiple chances to win the game on Saturday, but they came up short after a Juwan Johnson fumble and a turnover on downs on the last drive. Rattler says that New Orleans is better than their record shows and that the offense has to do a better job of making the most out of its opportunities.
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