A deadly drive-by shooting in broad daylight in Ponchatoula. Police Chief Bry (“bree”) Layrisson says it happened yesterday afternoon.
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Chief Layrisson says a 17-year-old boy was killed and two others – another 17-year-boy and a 59-year-old man – were injured. Three teenagers were arrested this morning in the Kentwood area and they’ve been charged with first degree murder.
Authorities in Tennessee are trying to determine who fatally shot a New Orleans prep football star. Corey Adams who helped Edna Karr win a state championship last December was fatally shot just out of Memphis. Adams was one of five people shot, he was the only one who died from his wounds. Adams was getting ready for his freshman season at Ole Miss.
Morgan City filmmaker Matison Leblanc is working to produce a feature film on Ada Lebouef, the first woman who was executed in Louisiana. Lebouef was hanged in St. Mary Parish in 1929, along with her family physician, Dr. Tom Dreher, in connection with the murder of her husband. Leblanc says she’s already produced a 15-minute short and it’s been a huge hit, but to do a full-length film, it takes a lot of money…
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The fallout from Louisiana Tech joining the Sun Belt is yet to be seen, but ESPN+ voice of the Cajuns, Dan McDonald, says so far, it’s all positive.
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