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New Louisiana law creates barriers for new voters
With the 2024 presidential election just around the corner, the deadline to register to vote also approaches. Despite the urgency of the matter, voter registration materials are hard to find at Tulane University due to a new Louisiana law that restricts the holding of voter registration events. Gov. Jeff Landry...
Acadiana inbox: Annie Spell wins BCBS foundation's Angel Award
Annie W. Spell, a child psychology consultant and board member at Hearts of Hope, was awarded the 2024 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation Angel Award. The award, in its 30th year, recognizes those who have made extraordinary efforts to improve the lives and health of Louisiana's children.
Impact of Louisiana’s new gun laws; How LSU is using AI to monitor athletes’ health
Louisiana’s new permitless/constitutional-carry firearm law went into effect in July– a win for gun rights advocates, but causing some consternation in urban areas where gun violence is a major concern. Especially in New Orleans, which previously was able to enforce a non-gun zone around the French Quarter. James...
Louisiana High School Sports Hall of Fame Announces 2025 Inductees
The Louisiana High School Sports Hall of Fame announced its 2025 class of Hall of Fame inductees on Tuesday. This group of nine outstanding individuals has shown incredible talent, dedication, and passion in high school sports, making them true representatives of Louisiana athletics. Every year, the Louisiana High School Athletic...
Funeral arrangements for Louisiana attorney, former legislator announced
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Funeral arrangements were announced for a former attorney and state legislator from Shreveport. Willie James Singleton‘s funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 31, at 11 a.m. at the Strand Theater, 619 Louisiana Avenue. According to a brief biography on the R.W. Norton...
Police searching for patient missing from assisted living facility in Kenner
JEFFERSON PARISH, La. (KSLA) - INFORMATION FROM LOUISIANA STATE POLICE:. Louisiana State Police has issued a Silver Alert on behalf of the Kenner Police Department for 65-year-old James Evans, Jr. Evans was last seen at approximately 9:50 p.m. on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. He was discovered missing this morning around 10:30 a.m. Mr. James is a patient at an assisted living facility in Kenner, where he walked away from.
Developer 'Mike' Motwani ditches plans for hotel and is selling Frenchmen Street building
Kishore “Mike” Motwani and his family are abandoning their plans to turn a historic building in the 500 block of Frenchmen Street into a 34-room hotel with a music venue and restaurant and are putting the property up for sale. Real estate broker Parke McEnery said Tuesday he...
Vacant units are on the rise in New Orleans public housing. The agency's board wants to know why.
New Orleans' public housing authority has struggled to fill vacant public housing units in the properties it owns, according to internal reports and comments by agency officials at a board meeting Tuesday. The vacancy issues are particularly acute at the largest property managed directly by the Housing Authority of New...
Mayoral candidate promises to support law enforcement, but demand accountability
On June 22, 2023 a Baton Rouge media outlet published a piece entitled New study names Gonzales most dangerous suburb in the country. Hyperbolizing the dangers via flawed statistical methodology, the piece still raised valid points. Residents in the City of Gonzales are concerned about increasing crime, violent and non-violent, making it a prime issue in every municipal election this fall.
Slidell woman shot in leg during drive-by shooting, police say
A Slidell woman was shot in the leg Tuesday night in what police said was a drive-by shooting. Shortly after 8 p.m. Slidell police responded to multiple reports of shots being fired from a vehicle in the 500 block of Beechwood Drive. Officers on the scene found a woman with a gunshot wound to her leg, police said.
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