BY VICKI FERSTEL | Staff writer For 54 seasons, LSU guard "Pistol" Pete Maravich's record 3,667 NCAA career points stood unbeaten. The shot that finally upended that record was a free throw by Iowa Hawkeyes guard Caitlin Clark. "I don't want that to be the reason people remember me," Clark said. "I hope people remember me for the way I play with a smile on my face, my competitive fire."
After a series of children's deaths, the state created an ombudsman position to oversee the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services. After five months as ombudsman, Baton Rouge's Kathleen Stewart Richey is calling for more leeway to investigate complaints.
Two siblings from Broussard were awarded $216 million in what's believed to be the first application of a 2014 Louisiana law that allows punitive damages against domestic abusers. The law siblings used to sue the estate of their stepfather, who murdered their mother before killing himself, has been dubbed a "financial death penalty." |