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At last week’s Commission meeting, I asked howmuch our jurisdictional utility, SWEPCO, pays to be amember of the Southwest Power Pool (“SPP”), one oftwo Regional Transmission Organizations (“RTOs) doingbusiness in our state, but the SPP representatives inattendance were not able to answer that question. I havesince found the answer — $14 million per year. I havealso found out that our …

Star witness killed in Hattiesburg wreckbound for Louisiana Quinton Tellis trialHATTIESBURG — Retired Brigadier GeneralPaul Rowlett was killed Saturday in a car crash in Hattiesburg on his way to Monroe, Louisiana, to tes-tify as an expert witness in the Quinton Tellis mur-der trial. The accident occurred at Hwy 98 and Ralston Road in Forrest County when another vehicle al-legedly ran …

WASHINGTON — Congress returned to Capitol Hill this week facinga huge agenda with no easy solutions.First, Congress has to figure outhow to postpone an end-of-the-monthdeadline that would double health insurance costs for 24 million workingAmericans. It also needs to approveannual spending on military construction; consider sanctions on Russia; andregulate “name, image, and likeness”payments in college sports.And there are just 12 …

 Judge grants bail to death row prisoner Jimmie Duncan  After more than 25 years on death row, Jimmie Duncan inched one step closer to freedom Friday (Nov. 21) when Judge Alvin Sharp of the 4th Judicial District in Ouachita Parish granted him bail, setting it at $150,000. The decision comes nearly seven months after Sharp vacated Duncan’s 1998 first-degree murder …

KMDL-FM) Therehas been a lot of talkabout healthcare and howto afford healthcare overthe past several months.While the talking headsin Washington and BatonRouge figure that out,we thought we’d take alook at who is actuallyproviding the healthcarefor you and me. And wefound out Louisiana, as awhole, has improved itshospital safety, but thereare still five facilities thathave been rated as the“least safe” in …

Gov. Jeff Landry pitches NewYorkers concerned about ZohranMamdani to come to LouisianaAn advertisement with the headline“In Louisiana, we value capitalism,not socialism” took up a full page inMonday’s edition of the Wall StreetJournal.The promotion is directed at NewYorkers who will soon have a newmayor in Zohran Mamdani, a statelawmaker who is a democratic socialist.“As you rethink New York City,rethink Louisiana,” says …

Louisiana prison guards cut aRastafari inmate’s dreadlocks.Supreme Court will decide if hecan sueThe Supreme Court on Mondaywrestled with whether a former Louisianainmate can sue prison officials whocut off his dreadlocks in violation of hisRastafari religious beliefs.The justices heard arguments in thecase of Damon Landor, who wants tosue for money damages under a federallaw designed to protect the religiousrights of inmates.

The driver, Malcolm Hampton, 30,of Louisiana, was arrested and bookedinto the Van Zandt County DetentionCenter for possession of marijuana.VAN ZANDT COUNTY, Texas —Thirty-eight pounds of marijuana wasseized during a traffic stop on Interstate20 on Friday.According to the Van Zandt CountySheriff’s Office, a deputy found themarijuana while searching a 2024 blackGMC pickup truck during the stop. Thedriver, Malcolm Hampton, 30, of …

2 Mississippisheriffs, 12 officerscharged in drugtrafficking briberyscheme, officials sayJACKSON, Miss. (AP)— Federal authoritieson Thursday announcedindictments against 20people, including 14 currentor former MississippiDelta law enforcementofficers, that allegethe officers took bribesto provide safe passageto people they believedwere drug traffickers.The yearslong investigationswept acrossmultiple counties in theMississippi Delta regionof Mississippi and Tennessee.Two Mississippisheriffs, WashingtonCounty Sheriff MiltonGaston and HumphreysCounty Sheriff BruceWilliams, were amongthose arrested.Some bribes

Landry updatesposition on foodstamp benefits endingLouisiana GovernorJeff Landry today issuedand “update” to hiswarning about staterecipients losing theirSNAP, or foodstamp,benefits.He now says he isworking to make suresome residents continueto get funding for fooddespite the federalgovernment shutdown.

Citizens launch official recalleffort for Monroe Mayor FridayEllisThe Committee to Recall MayorFriday Ellis today announced theofficial recall effort for Mayor FridayEllis.The citizen-led committee filed thenecessary paperwork and is planningpublic petition campaigns to place arecall on the ballot in accordance withLouisiana law.

(Monroe, Louisiana) –A teenager in Louisianawas killed while huntingon SaturdayKALB reports that the17-year-old hunter wasin a deer stand as stormsmoved into the region,and it is believed that hewas struck by lightning.The hunter was notfound until that night,after not returning home,but storms moved induring the afternoonhours, and that is whenofficials believe he wasstruck by lightning whileout hunting.