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Antonio Reeves signs multi-year deal with Pelicans
Another former Kentucky basketball player has signed his first deal in the NBA. First-year guard Antonio Reeves has made his contract official, signing a three-year and $5.41 million deal. Reeves was the 47th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft this June. After a successful career at Illinois State, Reeves played two seasons in Lexington and averaged 17.2 points per game while connecting on 42.2 percent of his three-point attempts. He made 164 3s in his Kentucky career. Reeves was the SEC Sixth Man of the Year in his first season at Kentucky and then followed that up with an...
New records show how much Jeffrey Vappie will get paid a month for the rest of his life.
Former New Orleans Police Department officer Jeffrey Vappie is going to collect more than $6,000 a month for the rest of his life. This is according to the Municipal Police Employees Retirement System. That's what his state pension is after retiring from the NOPD days before being indicted on federal...
Louisiana: If You See This Device, You’re Being Recorded
Have You Ever Wanted to Secretly Record a Conversation?. There have been times when I wish I could have recorded someone and played it back to see if I actually heard what I thought I heard. Do you know how many arguments I could have won in my past relationship?
Confirmed: West Nile Virus Detected in Mosquitoes in South Louisiana
As we are in the middle of summer, residents of south Louisiana are being urged to take precautions against West Nile Virus following recent tests that detected the virus in mosquitoes in Iberia Parish. The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) has issued a warning about the increased risk of mosquito-borne illnesses in Acadiana.
National Hire a Veteran Day: How groups say veterans are ‘ready-made employees’
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Today is National Hire a Veteran Day, and many groups are celebrating by reminding the community how veterans make great employees. One Louisiana veteran, Lance Westphal, served in the Army from 2018 to 2021. He wanted to find a job back home after medically retiring from service but needed a little help first.
Conn's files for bankruptcy, will close six Louisiana stores
Conn's HomePlus has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and the Texas-based furniture and appliance retailer said it will close six of its 11 Louisiana stores. The chain announced Tuesday it had filed for bankruptcy and would soon shut down more than 70 of its stores. The Conn's locations at...
As $83M rental assistance program ends in New Orleans, some fear evictions will spike
Advocates, tenants and landlords say a spike in evictions could be on the way in New Orleans as a sweeping pandemic-era rental and utility assistance program comes to an end. The emergency rental assistance program has all but depleted the tens of millions of dollars allocated to it by the federal government since 2021, after doling out a whopping $83 million to 28,000 households.
Win Tickets to 2024 Geek’d Con in Louisiana
Geek'd Con is coming back to downtown Shreveport this August! Dress up in your best cosplay and come out to this year's event on August 16th, 17th, and 18th at the Shreveport Convention Center. Since 2015, Geek'd Con has been bringing its event to the Ark-La-Tex area. It is the...
Louisiana Club Earns ‘Best Golf Course’ in U.S. Honors
The game of golf is alive and well in the state of Louisiana. According to golflink.com there are 140 golf courses in Louisiana. Eighty of those courses are public courses, another 30 are private courses, and still another 30 would qualify to be called municipal golf courses. Louisiana even has its own "Golf Trail".
Ohio deputies allegedly find 13.3 grams of ecstasy during traffic stop, 1 arrested
One of the passengers, Christopher Franklin, 25, claimed ownership and was arrested and transported to the Noble County Jail for two counts of Aggravated Possession of Drugs, both third-degree felonies. Additional charges may be presented to the Noble County Grand Jury.
Feral hogs are Louisiana's most troublesome new transplant
Walk around New Orleans long enough, and you’re bound to hear grizzled locals grumbling about unwelcome tourists and transplants. Travel outside of the city, and you’ll hear man Louisianians grumbling about a different type of transplant: feral hogs
Wanted Man Arrested by U.S. Marshals in Louisiana
Tevin Turner, wanted on an outstanding warrant for armed robbery, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service in Independence, Louisiana, according to the Picayune Police Department. The Picayune Police Department announced Turner’s arrest in a Facebook post: “We are excited to announce that as of this morning, Tevin Turner is in custody for his outstanding […] The post Wanted Man Arrested by U.S. Marshals in Louisiana appeared first on Picayune Item.
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