Dudley Lehew, former Louisiana public official and journalist, recalls his role in history 50 years ago today.
Lehew as an Associated Press reporter in Boston was first to report the incident known as Chappaquiddick that involved a car accident in which U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy survived and passenger Mary Jo Kopechne died.
Kennedy did not report the accident immediately and was dogged by the scandal for the remainder of his life.
Lehew remembers what it was like covering the story then and how it would be captured today.
Mark Ballard, Capitol Bureau Chief for the Advocate, reflects on five Louisiana congressional members siding with President Trump on racist tweets that elicited criticism from Governor John Bel Edwards. Ballard also looks at the conviction of LSU fraternity member Matthew Naquin in the 2017 hazing and alcohol poisoning death of 18-year-old Phi Delta Theta pledge Maxwell Gruver.
