NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nearly $10 million in 2010 oil spill money is rebuilding a barrier island bird rookery off Louisiana. Work on Queen Bess Island had to wait for this year’s nesting season to end in August and must finish by late February or early March, before the next nesting season. Queen Bess Island was the […]
JENNINGS, La. (KLFY)- Two weeks ago, Jennings High Band director Brandon Strain went into cardiac arrest. He tells News 10 it is a miracle that he is here today. He said he doesn’t remember much of that day. “Everything I know about that day is what people have told me,” said Strain. Two weeks ago, […]
U.S. Senator John Kennedy’s comments on President Trump’s impeachment inquiry are drawing national criticism. During the president’s visit to Monroe, he told the crowd, he said, “Louisiana can send a message to the radical left they can never ignore.” President Trump was referring to our elections, but Senator Kennedy’s remarks certainly did the trick, “Speaker […]
NEW IBERIA, La. (KLFY)- The Iberia Parish School Board voted to switch high schools from a four-class day to a seven-class day. Administrators say this new seven-period schedule will help the students, but teachers and parents are not too sure. “My main concern is the loss of jobs for educators,” an anonymous teacher said. “We’re […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – An attack ad against Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has been pulled from TV airwaves. The spot claimed the Democratic governor’s West Point roommate landed a state contract worth up to $65 million, but the contract was never awarded. A Republican-financed, anti-Edwards group called Truth in Politics launched the attack […]
AUBURN, Ala (WRBL) – The disappearance of Aniah Blanchard is inspiring a change.com online petition for stricter bond conditions for repeat offenders. As of Friday night, 9,000 people plus have signed, including Blanchard’s mother Angela Harris. “Because a violent offender out on bond has kidnapped my daughter,” wrote Harris. The petition was started a day […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – A Louisiana rape victim said she won’t accept a judge’s offer to reduce her assailant’s sentence if the man pays her $150,000, adding that she doesn’t want any amount of money from her attacker. “I don’t think money is going to provide any restitution for what he’s done,” the 31-year-old woman […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (Eric Narcisse/The Advertiser)- When the Comeaux Lady Spartans kick off their soccer season, senior Savannah Sales has set lofty expectations for herself. But before she can focus solely on soccer, Sales has unfinished business as a member of the Spartans’ football team. Sales, who transferred to Comeaux last year from Texas, is the Spartans’ varsity […]
The LSU student behind the football team's hype videos says he feels the pressure.
(CBS News)- The parent company of Sears and Kmart is closing another 96 stores, a sign hedge fund baron Eddie Lampert is struggling to revive the ailing retailer after buying it out of bankruptcy earlier this year. After the latest round of closures, the company will have only 182 stores in operation. That’s down from […]