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Friday, November 20, 2009
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Depending on how the next few weeks play out, the best-case scenario for the LSU football team will land the Tigers in Florida for a Jan. 1 bowl game.
A sister of Mayor-President Kip Holden pleaded guilty Thursday in an ongoing federal probe of bribery in the local criminal justice system. Two other people also pleaded guilty, bringing the total to seven since October. Evelyn J. Holden, who worked in the property records section of the East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court Office, could be sentenced to as many as five years in prison for conspiracy in aid of racketeering.
AMITE — State fraud investigators and sheriff’s deputies arrested a leading Hammond businessman Thursday accused of operating a Ponzi scheme that cost at least 200 investors an estimated $11 million and funded his lavish lifestyle.
A Baton Rouge attorney who years ago made an unsuccessful run for secretary of state was arrested Wednesday for allegedly raping a man earlier this week at his home.
Mayor-President Kip Holden said Thursday a north-south split among voters was partly to blame for Saturday’s defeat of his $901 million capital improvements tax package; nevertheless, he said he might consider reintroducing a third bond proposal to voters before his term ends.
A man wanted in the fatal shooting of Quincy Demond Gaines, 26, surrendered to authorities on Thursday, a Baton Rouge Police Department spokesman said. Brandon Charles Warner, 23, 400 Evergreen St., is accused of shooting Gaines, 158 S. 11th St., at 9:52 a.m. Wednesday, Sgt. Don Kelly said.
About this time of the NFL season each year, media and fans usually start trying to figure out what the New Orleans Saints and other teams have to do to make the playoffs.
OXFORD, Miss. — Dexter McCluster ran around and away from Tennessee defenders, leaving them grasping at air and confused.
The state Department of Education is so bureaucratic and unresponsive to children that it needs to be overhauled from top to bottom, a member of the state’s top school board said Thursday.
When LSU guard Alex Farrer suffered a dislocated left kneecap Nov. 8, the best-case scenario was the senior would be back after six weeks. Evidently, the best-case scenario won’t happen. More than likely, the worst-case scenario will happen.
