Gas prices are on the rise. Don Redman with AAA says gas prices in June were the lowest we’ve seen all year, which is unusual for the summer months, but we’re seeing an uptick at the pump…:
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Acadia Parish authorities arrest a man with a history of drunk driving arrests for a fatal hit and run. Michelle Southern has more…
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Calcasieu Parish authorities have made an arrest in a 2009 cold case. The body of 19-year-old Sierra Bouzigard was found on the side of the road in November of 2009, and police have been searching for a suspect ever since. Sheriff Tony Mancuso says they used phenotyping technology to create a suspect profile from DNA found on the victim, which led to today’s arrest of 31-year-old Blake Russel.
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Mancuso says his agency was the first in the state to use the Snapshot DNA Phenotyping technology. Russel was arrested this morning in DeQuincy on a charge of second degree murder.
New Orleans Cops are looking for a dark SUV involved in the shooting of an officer working a private detail. The injured policeman, Officer Chris Abbott, was shot in the leg in what has described as a drive-by-shooting. It turns out Abbott was also injured by gunfire in 1998 and 2001.