Lawmakers on the Violent Crime Task Force are exploring new ways to improve the state’s criminal justice system ahead of the regular session and a possible special session in January.
The man’s remains were sent to the LSU Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services (FACES) Laboratory, and they determined the remains belong to that of a Black male between the ages of 18 and 30 who was between 5′ 6″ and 5′ 10″ tall.
Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education President Dr. Holly Boffy withdrew her Nov. 29 emergency ruling that would have immediately put into effect an appeals process for high school seniors who do not meet standardized test score requirements for graduation.
Two men from Covington, identified as Willard Purkel Jr., 51, and his son Colby Purkel, 27, have been apprehended on charges stemming from their involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.
Bodycam footage showed several potentially deadly blows, including hitting the man in the head with a loaded pistol, tasing him in the base of the skull, and kicking him in the head, the DOJ says.
Governor-elect Jeff Landry’s transition team says he will announce “major” Louisiana State Police appointments during a news conference in New Orleans on Wednesday, November 29.
Whether Louisiana should spend more money and provide more options for the education and job training of its incarcerated population is being explored.
Louisiana GOP stalwart Jay Dardenne said he is still a Republican, even after working for the state’s highest-profile Democrat for the past eight years.
The massive alligator is back! Louisiana’s 60-foot “Celebration Gator” will once again crawl down the streets of the Big Apple during this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
The Rolling Stones are working in their Hackney Diamonds Tour into their scheduled Jazz Fest performance and will take the stage in New Orleans on Thursday, May 2.
“I was really freaking out,” Dominique McKane said. “I was telling them I have two kids, I have a husband and I graduate this weekend and I don’t want to die.”
