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State moves closer to restarting executions, adding methods

BY DOUG GRAHAM | Staff writer​ ​ ​

The Louisiana House approved a bill on Friday that would add nitrogen gas hypoxia and electrocution to the state's approved execution methods, sending the measure to the Senate.

The vote brings the state a step closer to executing death row prisoners for the first time since 2010.

For more on the debate over the bill, read here.


The Theta Xi fraternity at LSU has been suspended from campus through the end of 2025, the latest in a series of disciplinary actions the university has taken against fraternities over the years.

Read more on what brought about Theta Xi's latest punishment.


Star forward Angel Reese dominated on the inside in the Tigers' win on Thursday, despite Auburn's efforts to push her out the paint, deny her the ball and swarm her around the rim.

Coach Kim Mulkey says Reese's career at LSU may be "winding down."

Louisiana House approves expanding death penalty to include electrocution, nitrogen gas

Louisiana death row prisoners could be electrocuted and gassed to death under a bill approved Friday by the state House, part of an ambitious bid by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry to overhaul the state's criminal justice system. Read more

An armed caravan and a pizza party: How a Gonzales fistfight turned to a deadly gunfight

Kai Youngblood thought he was going to a fistfight but wound up in a gunfight. Read more

 
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Today's Obituaries

Bourgeois, Joan Jackson

Joan Jackson Bourgeois, 83, of Greenwell Springs, Louisiana, passed away on 22 February 2024. She was born to parents Millard Jackson and V… Read more

Roberts, Kenneth Wayne

Kenneth Wayne Roberts, age 59, passed away unexpectedly at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans on Wednesday, February 21, 2024. He was bo… Read more

Hamilton, Anna Faye

Our beloved mother passed away peacefully in her home in Eunice, Louisiana, on Saturday, February 17, 2024 at the age of 78. She was born o… Read more

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