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Teen dead, three others arrested after Slidell car theft turns into shootout
According to Slidell police, the attempted car theft happened around 1 a.m. Saturday at the Masons on Town Center Parkway. Police say a man caught the teens trying to break into his Chevrolet Camaro after hearing his car’s alarm go off.
2024 Southeastern Football Position Preview: Quarterbacks
HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana University football team’s preseason practice has seen a three-way battle at the quarterback position. Veteran Eli Sawyer, along with newcomers Tanner Murray and Damon Stewart have all been vying to be the leader of the Southeastern offense when the season kicks off.
Channing Tatum Explains What Hollywood ALWAYS Gets Wrong About This Louisiana Accent
LAFAYETTE, La. (KPEL News) - When someone in Hollywood is asked to play the role of a character from Louisiana, they are always taught to use one of two generic accents. The first is a standard southern twang if the character is from north Louisiana. The other? A Cajun accent if they are from south Louisiana.
Louisiana Found Not Liable in Multi-Billion Dollar Ponzi Scheme
It's only been 15 years since the Stanford Trust Ponzi scheme stole over $7 billion from average Americans. It was 2009, while the world was recovering and dealing with the subprime mortgage crisis Robert Allen Stanford became the target of several investigations which led to him being charged with fraud involving $7 billion in certificates of deposits purchased at Stanford Financial Group institutions. While Mr. Stanford has been charged with prison time already other lawsuits and court cases that spun out of this nightmare have continued for 15 years. One of those cases has declared that the Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions will not be responsible for reimbursing the $400 million in assets stolen from Louisiana residents.
Mainly dry and hot start to work week
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A tropical wave moving through the Gulf of Mexico will push into SE Texas Monday. SE Louisiana will get out from the influence of this tropical wave leaving behind a drier weather picture to start the work/school week. Rain chances will be slight at 20% both days.
Jim Beam column:Medical trailer will save lives
Some 4,600 residents in 10 counties and parishes in Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi are going to be tested for heart disease — testing that will save many of their lives. I say that because similar testing I had in the 1990s has helped me reach age 90. It was my wife’s cardiologist’s suggestion that […]
One of the top cornerbacks in the state commits to LSU
Ruston High School’s Aidan Anding announced his commitment to LSU on Saturday. He becomes the third cornerback in the Tigers 2025 recruiting class. DJ Pickett from the Tampa area and Kade Phillips from Missouri City, Texas, are the other two.
LSU Makes History by Awarding Coveted No. 7 Jersey to Two Players for the First Time
LSU football continues its storied tradition of honoring top playmakers with the No. 7 jersey, but this year, the Tigers are making history. For the first time ever, the prestigious number will be worn by not one, but two standout players: junior linebacker Harold Perkins and junior left tackle Will Campbell.
Volunteer opportunities for Acadiana, Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Shreveport/Bossier
Louisiana Inspired highlights volunteer opportunities across south Louisiana. If your organization has specific volunteer opportunities, email us at lainspired@theadvocate.com with details on the volunteer opportunity, organization and the contact/registration information volunteers would need. Acadiana: CASA of SoLa, 215 E. Pinhook Drive, Lafayette, recruits, trains and supervises community volunteers to speak...
Football: 2024 Southeastern Football Position Preview: Quarterbacks
HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana University football team's preseason practice has seen a three-way battle at the quarterback position. Veteran Eli Sawyer, along with newcomers Tanner Murray and Damon Stewart have all been vying to be the leader of the Southeastern offense when the season kicks off. Sawyer...
Human Condition: The day we got lost in the Atchafalaya Basin
We were walking single file through sword fern and lizard’s tail so dense the three of us could not see where our steps fell. Cottonmouths, languidly sinister, coiled on rotting stumps in sunny patches where sunlight penetrated the dense canopy. I wondered if there was truth to the maxim...
Lakeshore, Pearl River among teams to watch in competitive 4A district
District 7-4A is setting up to be an open race with lots of talent spread throughout and the two St. Tammany Parish schools likely the favorites. Both Lakeshore and Pearl River should be in the league title mix. The Titans had the best district record last season among the teams currently in the district having only lost to Salmen, which moved up to 5A.
Agreement to cancel medical debt for 193,000 needy patients in Southern states
“A New Orleans-based system of hospitals and clinics serving Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama is working with a New York nonprofit to wipe out $366 million in medical debt for about 193,000 needy patients,” The Associated Press reported. “The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported Wednesday that the deal involving Ochsner Health was arranged by Undue Medical Debt, a donor-funded organization that negotiates with hospitals, doctors’ offices and ambulance services to purchase and erase the outstanding medical debt of those least able to afford it. Ochsner is the largest health system in Louisiana and has 46 hospitals and 370 clinics and urgent cares in the three states it serves. ‘Ochsner is proud to have worked with Undue Medical Debt to enable the organization to acquire and cancel past one-time debts for eligible residents,’ the company said in a statement. The deal followed a Monday announcement of an agreement between Ochsner, Undue Medical Debt and New Orleans to wipe out more than $59 million in medical debt for about 66,000 patients in that city. The city had agreed last year to provide Undue Medical Debt with $1.3 million in federal money from the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act, a pandemic program to acquire qualifying debt and erase it. Lempert said that in addition to the pandemic dollars, his organization used money it received from donations and grassroots fundraising both locally and nationwide to purchase the debt from Ochsner. He declined to say how much it paid, but based on what the organization has said it typically pays — about 1 cent for each dollar of debt — the amount would be around $3.6 million.” “Agreement to cancel medical debt for 193,000 needy patients in Southern states,”
Why the Louisiana AG and New Orleans DA are at odds over deals for long-serving prisoners
Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams and Attorney General Liz Murrill have managed an uneasy pact when it comes to tackling crime in New Orleans. A deal between the two allows the attorney general to prosecute anyone arrested by Louisiana State Police working in the city. Williams, who took office as a progressive Democratic reformer, seemed to welcome the help from the newly elected Republican attorney general. And though crime is down, the AG's workload in the city is growing. Proactive patrols by the new Troop Nola have jailed dozens over the summer, and sources say a surge of 30 to 40 additional troopers is coming in a few weeks.
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