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Altice USA Launches $30 a Month `Entertainment TV’
NEW YORK—Altice USA’s Optimum is launching Entertainment TV, a new internet TV package of 80 plus channels for $30 a month that is available exclusively on Optimum Stream. Optimum Stream is a Android-powered streaming device offering access to streaming apps that is available to Optimum Internet customers. As part of the launch of Entertainment TV, the company said that it is expanding its Optimum Stream offering to nearly 1.5 million homes across markets in its West footprint, including Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Texas, with further expansion planned for later this year. Optimum Stream is already available to all Optimum internet customers...
It's been hot in Louisiana so far this year, but not as bad as 2023. Here are the numbers.
Temperatures throughout Louisiana have been historically warm for the first six months of 2024, data released Thursday showed, but not as hot as last year and significantly below the record for the same time period. Louisiana's average temperature for January through June was the 12th highest on record for that...
Cassidy announces vote to consider congressional subpoena of Steward Health CEO, owner of Glenwood Regional Medical Center
WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — On Thursday, July 18, 2024, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) announced that the HELP Committee will vote next Thursday, July 25, 2024, to consider a subpoena to compel Steward Health CEO, Dr. Ralph de la Torre, to testify on the company’s financial mismanagement of its hospitals. The mismanagement reportedly threatened […]
French Quarter businesses gear up to ban guns, push back on Louisiana's permitless carry law
People will soon be free to carry concealed guns in New Orleans without a permit, but those who do so in the French Quarter could soon find their options limited. Business owners in the Vieux Carré began Wednesday placing new laminated signs in storefronts announcing "No firearms allowed on this property," marking the latest local response to the state's new permitless carry law.
LDWF to hold public meeting to address Atchafalaya Basin freshwater fisheries concerns
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will hold a public meeting at 6 pm on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in the Joe Herring Room of the LDWF Headquarters office located at 2000 Quail Drive, Baton Rouge, La. Inland Fisheries biologists will present current and past data describing fisheries trends in the Atchafalaya Basin, with emphasis on largemouth bass and crappie populations. Topics will include bass stocking in the Basin, regulations, and a brief description of LDWF’s pilot Tournament Information Project (LATRIP). Following the presentations, the public will be invited to ask questions or express concerns.
Jerry Edwards Jr. sworn in as 1st Black federal judge for Western District of Louisiana
ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - Following a formal appointment back in December of 2023, Shreveport attorney Jerry Edwards Jr. was ceremonially sworn in at the Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center in Alexandria on Wednesday, July 17. It was a momentous occasion for Judge Edwards as he became the first Black judge to...
New law allows more disputes of speed and red-light camera tickets
BATON ROUGE, La. — Senate Bill 302 now gives Louisiana drivers more ways they could fight a ticket received at a red-light camera or speed camera. The signal was not positioned correctly or sign was illegible. The driver was obeying or moving over for police or emergency vehicles. The...
2 Democrats, Republican join race for Louisiana’s new majority-Black congressional district
Former Congressman Cleo Fields, former state Sen. Elbert Guillory and upstart candidate Quentin Anthony Anderson signed up Wednesday to run in the election for Louisiana’s newly drawn, majority-Black 6th Congressional District seat. Fields, 61, a Baton Rouge state senator, has the longest political history among the candidates and is the heavy favorite to win the […] The post 2 Democrats, Republican join race for Louisiana’s new majority-Black congressional district appeared first on Louisiana Illuminator.
Long Purple Line Class of 2024 filled with Demon athletic ties
Northwestern State’s annual Long Purple Line induction ceremony will have a distinctly athletic feel in 2024. Of the six inductees into the university’s Alumni Hall of Distinction announced Wednesday, four have direct ties to the Northwestern State Athletic Department. Former Demon student-athletes Jack Brittain Jr., Dr. Chris Maggio...
Natchitoches Woman Arrested for Filing False Police Report
Natchitoches, La - The Natchitoches Police Department has arrested Haley Cobb (W/F, 18 y.o.a. of Natchitoches) for filing a false police report earlier this month. On July 6, 2024 around 11:14 a.m., officers with the Natchitoches Police Department were dispatched to the police station in reference to a complainant. Upon officers arrival they spoke with Haley Cobb and contacted the Criminal Investigations Division due to the nature of the crime.
City Council acts on numerous agenda items
Most of the discussion at the July 10 City Council meeting was about advantages of a transit service, however, there was other business that was addressed.A planning and zoning ordinance listing properties recommended for condemnation was tabled because one of the items listed was the building on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive that once housed the Head Start program.The ownership of the building…
Larry Wayne Cole Scholarship dinner returns for fundraiser
The Larry Wayne Cole Scholarship Dinner is returning after a brief hiatus. The dinner funds scholarships for local high school students in Natchitoches, Red River, and Winn parishes.The 2023-2024 recipients are Will Jones and Madison Chamberlin of Riverdale Academy, Adrian Davis of Lakeview High School, Bailey Lenard of Winnfield Sr. High School, and Gunner Nash of St. Mary’s High School…
New water treatment facility will increase Natchitoches’ water capacity, quality of life
NATCHITOCHES, La. (KSLA) - It won’t be long before work begins on a brand new $17 million water treatment plant in Natchitoches. On Wednesday, July 17, city leaders turned over the first shovels of dirt during the plant’s groundbreaking ceremony. Natchitoches Mayor Ronnie Williams says this new plant...
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