A Baton Rouge Congressman’s GoFundMe to cover LSU’s field rushing fine has raised over 15,000 dollars. Matt Doyle has more.
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Baton Rouge police say a man on death row in Texas is responsible for the 1999 fatal shooting of a female LSU student. Jeff Palermo has the story…
Governor John Bel Edwards, along with other state and local leaders, cut the ribbon this morning on the long awaited I-49–I-220 connector in Shreveport. DOTD spokesperson Erin Buchanan says the governor believes this interchange will be a game changer for northwest Louisiana…
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Buchanan says the 142-million dollar project started in 2014, but delayed by major floods in 2015 and 2016. She says not only has the state opened a new interstate interchange, but I-220 has been re-constructed…
An estimated 68-thousand daily motorists will enjoy newly built eastbound and westbound lanes of I-220. Buchanan says travelers will now have a straight interstate drive on I-49 to I-220…
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Baton Rouge Police believe a Texas death row inmate fatally shot 19- year-old LSU student Kassie Federer in her apartment in 1999. Investigators say DNA has linked 49-year old Travis Green to the crime. Sgt. Don Coppola says the breakthrough came from the Louisiana crime lab from evidence collected at the scene.
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Green is on death row in Texas for killing another 19-year-old female in Houston, just days before Federer was shot. Coppola says this case is a testament to just how dedicated investigators are to finding answers for families with similar cases.
Coppola says he’s not sure of why Green had a connection with the Baton Rouge area, but says he may have been fleeing the Houston area following a murder. Green is currently locked away for that killing that happened 11 days before the death of Federer.
Cut 8 (09) “…he is behind bars.”
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Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves has started a GoFundMe to cover the 100,000 dollar fine the SEC slapped on LSU, after fans stormed the field following the Tigers upset win over Georgia. The account has raised over 15,000 dollars to date. Graves says if he was in the student section, he would rush the field too…
Baton Rouge Representative says the safety implications of forcing people to stay in the stands potentially outweighed those of letting them take the field, and says it’s not like President F. King Alexander led the charge on to the field either…
And when asked about criticism that the Congressman should be raising money for more important causes…
He says it’s a fine that could eventually hit the academic side of the school, because the sports foundation donates a portion of their profits to academics, and realistically people are more likely to donate to a cause they are excited about.
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The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness and the Department of Children and Family Services is sending a Human Services Branch Team of three to Florida for a fifteen day deployment. Director of Emergency Preparedness for DCFS, Ricky Montet, says the team is assisting in mass care as well as volunteer and donation management.
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Montet says initially the trio will not be on the ground in the hardest hit areas of the storm during the deployment.
Cut 13 (08) “…emergency operations center.”
Montet says the team doesn’t have a luxurious Florida trip ahead of them as they are facing various challenges with disabled cellular communications and hotels are all filled with people who lost homes during the storm.