Most of Louisiana appears to have dodged a bullet from once Hurricane Barry, and Governor Edwards says the state will begin ramping down it’s state of emergency activities. Edwards thanked the emergency personnel who rose to the occasion during the storm…
Heavy rain bands have set up over parts of central Louisiana today, in Avoyelles Parish 10 homes have been flooded and a person had to be rescued out of their home in Bunkie.
A jury recommends the death penalty for 57-year-old Kevin Daigle, convicted in the ambush and shooting death of a State Trooper in 2015. Calcasieu District Attorney John DeRosier says it’s the first time in his 14 years as DA that he’s stuck with a death penalty request.
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Daigle was caught on dashcam footage blasting Trooper Steven Vincent with a sawed-off shotgun.
Longtime Ruston Daily Leader sports editor Buddy Davis passed away over the weekend at the age of 72. Lousiana Tech sports information director Malcolm Butler says Davis spent five decades covering sports in Lincoln Parish.
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Davis covered icons like Terry Bradshaw and Karl Malone, and the great Louisiana Tech women’s basketball teams.
People around Louisiana are surveying the aftermath of Hurricane Barry today and Director of the St. Mary Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness David Naquin says the parish did not receive the copious amounts of rain forecasters expected, but they did get dumped on a good bit yesterday afternoon.
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The main issue facing homes and businesses in the parish is power outages.