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WDSU Investigates presses for answers on response times, handling of Loranger murders, kidnapping
LORANGER, La. — It was the story that shook southeast Louisiana to its core. WDSU Investigates has new insight into the murders and kidnapping of a Loranger mother and her two daughters. WDSU sat down with Tangipahoa Sheriff Gerald Sticker. Sticker just started as sheriff this month, after the...
The LaMont Cole and Adam Smith Show: New duo leading Baton Rouge schools lays out their vision
Standing side by side, LaMont Cole and Adam Smith took turns Thursday fielding questions about the present and future for the East Baton Rouge Parish school system. In addition to being old friends, Cole and Smith are now coworkers: Cole, the superintendent, and Smith, the deputy superintendent. They said they were already hard at work, having spoken at 2 a.m. on the phone and then talking for two hours more Thursday morning before the news conference.
LSU football recruiting named a finalist for Florida-based blue chip WR
Continuing its productive summer of recruiting, LSU football was recently named as one of six remaining contenders in the recruitment of Florida-based blue chip wide receiver Nae’shaun Montgomery. LSU football recruiting named one of six remaining contenders for Florida-based blue chip wide receiver Nae’shaun Montgomery. With two wide...
Pro Wrestling 225 slides into Denham Springs with Bases Loaded Event on Saturday
DENHAM SPRINGS - On Saturday, Pro Wrestling 225 brings “Bases Loaded” to the LM Lockhart Gym. The pro wrestling event features three high-stakes championship matches and the clash of two brothers in a brutal bull rope match. In addition to providing premier wrestling entertainment, the “Bases Loaded” event...
The Willows apartments landlord will now have to pay taxes, New Orleans Council decides
The landlord of a neglected New Orleans East apartment complex will be required to pay property taxes after a unanimous vote by the City Council on Thursday to remove the nonprofit owner's tax-exempt status. The change is the first usage of a new ordinance passed by the council in December...
Bike-sharing, emergency power hubs and EV chargers in New Orleans, elsewhere funded by EPA
Dillard University has been awarded a nearly $20 million EPA grant to expand bike sharing and electrical vehicle charger access as well as to retrofit public buildings to cut greenhouse gases and expand community resiliency in Orleans and two other parishes, officials said. Under the grant, Dillard will also start...
What's the latest on effort to repeal, reduce Louisiana state income tax?
Republican Gov. Jeff Landry's goal to repeal or reduce the Louisiana income tax and simplify the state's convoluted tax code will have to wait until at least next year after Legislative leaders said the complexity of the effort requires more study and planning. Republican Senate President Cameron Henry and House Speaker Phillip DeVillier said the Legislature won't call lawmakers into a Special Session this summer but will continue to hold public meetings to "refine" plans to overhaul...
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