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Louisiana Marine Electronic Services Provider Sued for Sexual Harassment
X-Treme Tech Services, LLC, a Thibodaux, Louisiana-based business which provides marine electronic services, violated federal law when a supervisor repeatedly sexually harassed a female employee and then fired her after she resisted his advances, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit. According to the lawsuit, the...
Colonels land 15 on Preseason All-Southland Teams
Coaches and Sports Information Directors within the Southland Conference have high hopes that Nicholls be a very quality football team this fall. The Colonels were picked as the Preseason Southland Conference Champions and had a league-high 15 players picked to be on the Preseason All-Southland Teams. The Colonels were the...
Southeastern football picked to finish third in Southland Conference
FRISCO, Texas - Despite a 3-8 finish last season, the Southeastern football team was picked to finish third in the Southland Conference. The preseason poll came out during Southland Conference Media Day today in Frisco, Texas. Southeastern has made the FCS playoffs in three of the last five seasons. Nicholls...
One dead in crash along Poydras Bayou Road in West Baton Rouge Parish
PORT ALLEN - One person was killed in a crash along Poydras Bayou Road in Port Allen on Sunday afternoon. Sources said the crash happened around 5 p.m. in front of St. Peters Baptist Church and one person died at the scene. State Police is investigating. No more information was...
ATV driver killed Sunday in 3-vehicle wreck after dirt bike hit car, then the ATV on highway
PORT ALLEN, La. (BRPROUD) — An ATV rider died from their injuries after a three-vehicle crash Sunday, July 21, in West Baton Rouge Parish. According to a news release from Lousiana State Police, Troop A responded to a crash scene on Louisiana 413, slightly north of Louisiana 620 around 5 p.m.
Motorcyclist killed in Livingston Parish crash
HOLDEN — An Independence man was killed Monday afternoon in a motorcycle crash on Hwy. 441. It was just after 1:00 p.m. on July 22, when Louisiana State Police Troopers responded to a single-vehicle crash on Hwy. 441 at Herman Hutchinson Road in Holden. Tommy Moseley, 64, of Independence,...
CRIME STOPPERS: Police attempt to ID suspect accused of domestic abuse
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Baton Rouge Police Department is asking for the public’s helping locating a man accused of domestic abuse. According to police, Jeremy Devan Jackson, 37 is wanted on two counts of domestic abuse battery. One of those charges involves serous bodily injury, police said.
MADD awards local law enforcement for DWI arrests
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Sunny Wall and Mothers Against Drunk Driving are awarding 118 law enforcement officers from around the state for their efforts over the last year. MADD said the officers helped to prevent senseless crimes. “They need to be acknowledged,” said Wall, the executive director for MADD...
LSU aiming to flip a recent Michigan football commitment
Rankings are important. But they don't tell the whole story and in the 2025 class, one of my favorite commitments for Michigan football is Phillip Wright, who just happens to be one of the lowest-ranked commitments for the Wolverines as of right now. Wright has been moving up though. He...
Letters: Supreme Court ruling shows it's out of balance, has turned too far right
It looks as if our Supreme Court has turned too much to the right after its most recent ruling in which it decided that a sitting president is immune from prosecution in certain instances. How sad. This ruling should have gone the other way. How can a man or woman...
LSU CB Javien Toviano turns himself in after voyeurism allegation
LSU cornerback Javien Toviano turned himself in to authorities in Baton Rouge, La., on Sunday after an arrest warrant sought him on suspicion of video voyeurism. Per the warrant, Toviano is accused of filming himself having sex with a woman without her consent to be recorded. The woman told police Toviano had recorded them having sex in the past without her consent and she made it clear to him she did not want to be recorded. The woman said a clock with a built-in camera near the bed recorded videos that she later found on Toviano's iPad. Toviano admitted in an interview with detectives that he had used the hidden camera for this purpose. LSU suspended Toviano from all team activities, according to a statement. LSU's preseason camp begins Aug. 1. Toviano was a top-100 recruit in the Class of 2023 and played in 13 games as a freshman, finishing with 33 tackles, one pass breakup and one fumble recovery. --Field Level Media
LSU students traveling to Paris to cover Olympics
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Students at the LSU Manship School of Mass Communication will get to experience the excitement of the Olympics in Paris first-hand. Twenty-five of the students are making the trip to Paris to cover the games. The students are involved in a study abroad program that hundreds of students applied for.
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