Allie Purser
News Production Manager / Assistant News Director
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Allie was born in Alexandria but raised in Texas, later returning to Louisiana to attend LSU. Once she graduated from the Manship School of Mass Communication in 2017, she moved to Central Louisiana and began working at KALB as the producer for Jambalaya.
After almost two years at the station, she made the move to Madison, Wisconsin to be the Morning Executive Producer at WMTV. There she led NBC15’s the Morning Show, winning an Emmy for coverage of protests in downtown Madison that turned violent during the summer of 2020.
Allie is excited to back in Louisiana and at KALB, helping both the news and production sides of the station. In her free time, you can probably find her watching a movie or following NBA basketball (Go Spurs Go).
Three other people, including a one-time co-defendant, testified in the trial of Eddie Ray Jackson, Jr. in the Rapides Parish Courthouse on Friday. Jackson is charged with second degree murder and attempted armed robbery with a firearm for the Feb. 2017 shooting death of James Melton in his truck in the parking lot of the Save More store in Alexandria.
The lead detective from the Alexandria Police Department assigned to the case of Eddie Ray Jackson, Jr., explained to a jury at his trial on Thursday frame-by-frame surveillance video of what he says happened when Jackson allegedly shot James Melton outside of the Save More convenience store in Feb. 2017.
On March 22, 2020, Governor John Bel Edwards issued a ‘Stay at Home’ order for the entire state, one of the first moves in an unprecedented year for Louisianans.
According to the U.S. News & World Report's "Best States" ranking, Louisiana is the 50th best state, also known as the worst state.
John Doggett was named Chief Administrator Officer, Dennis Wimmert promoted to Chief Operating Officer of Crest’s Electric Power Delivery (EPD) platform and Matt Purser appointed as interim Chief Operating Officer of Crest’s Energy, Petroleum, Industrial, and Commercial (EPIC) platform.
Northwestern State football coach Jay Thomas, many of his staff and other Demon coaches will preview upcoming seasons and greet supporters during the upcoming 2015 NSU Victory Tour, which features eight stops reaching out across the state to Demon fans.