HELP WANTED: Larry Hollier is out as chancellor of the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, bringing an abrupt end to a 15-year tenure amid a raft of allegations that he pushed for improper pay raises for his inner circle, underpaid women and violated the university’s policies while hiring and firing people.
SCREEN TEST: In a surprise announcement, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joe Lopinto III, long a holdout against equipping deputies with body-worn cameras, disclosed Thursday night he has signed an $8.7 million contract for the technology.
SHOOTOUT FALLOUT: A man who showed up at a Gretna hospital with a bullet wound shortly after two groundsmen were killed at a New Orleans church is now accused of the killings.
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A man who showed up at the hospital with a bullet wound shortly after two groundsmen were killed outside a New Orleans church last week is now accused of the slayings, according to police. Read more
