Also, a critical lifeline arrives in the River Parishes
| By Chad Calder| Staff writer TITLE IX FALLOUT AT LSU: LSU has fired the chair of its French Department accused of turning a blind eye to a former graduate student accused of sexual misconduct and arrested for rape. The move comes a week after six women filed a lawsuit alleging the university failed to investigate complaints lodged by students. You can read reporter Andrea Gallo's initial piece that broke the story here. CREMATION KERFUFFLE: Trina Edwards, the third wife of the late Edwin Edwards, had the remains of the former governor exhumed and cremated, a decision that has "astonished and horrified" some of Edwards' children. You can read all about the controversy here. COMING SOON: Trailers have begun arriving in St. John and St. Charles parishes as part of the state’s new Hurricane Ida Sheltering Program, which aims to bring desperately needed lodging to residents whose whose homes were rendered uninhabitable by Hurricane Ida. CRIME ROUND UP: Reporter Ramon Vargas has the latest on arrests made in the quadruple shooting that killed two men working on a stormwater mitigation project, the man police say participated in the killing of his cousin and the tragic tale of a Shreveport entrepreneur shot dead just days after realizing his dream of opening a wing restaurant in New Orleans. Thanks for taking a break with us. Catch the latest news all day at NOLA.com. CC |
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| A week after six women filed a lawsuit accusing LSU of failing to properly investigate complaints of sexual misconduct against a former gra… Read more |
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| She spent two and a half years wondering if she made the right decision after the night that had come to eclipse the happier parts of her l… Read more |
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| About 10 weeks after former Gov. Edwin W. Edwards died, his widow had him dug up from a Baton Rouge cemetery so she could have him cremated. Read more |
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| Shreveport native Richard Washington spent nearly half his life cooking and selling chicken wings, and conquering the New Orleans market had been his longtime goal, according to his loved ones. Read more |
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| Dara Bouy and her two children are ready to come home. Read more |
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| A new COVID variant named B.1.630, first detected in the U.S. in March, has been sequenced by LSU in Shreveport. It is the first time the variant has been detected in the state of Louisiana. Read more |
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