What Houma natives Holly and Tracy Pitre thought would be an evening of fun at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas turned into a night of terror. Holly Pitre says she was hit with an intuition that Las Vegas could be a target for a terror attack. So as Jason Alden’s show started they backed away from the stage and that’s when gunshots rang out…
Cut 3 (10) “going wild”
Holly Pitre says they were the lucky ones who happened to be at the right place at the right time to avoid being killed or injured.
Two State Troopers have been demoted as a result of an investigation into a taxpayer funded side trip to Las Vegas. Derrell Williams and Rodney Hyatt were among State Troopers who attended a work conference in San Diego last year, but an investigation into that trip found the troopers racked up 19-thousand dollars in costs by also stopping in Las Vegas and at the Grand Canyon.
Saints Coach Sean Payton says current gun laws are flawed and frustrating as he spoke about gun control in light of the massacre that occurred in Las Vegas. In a conference call with beat reporters, Payton says the current system in our country right now is not working…:
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Payton says if people don’t like his position for common sense gun control, that’s tough.
Police arrested a man in his underwear after he allegedly crashed through a fence at the Slidell Municipal Airport and hit utility pole. Slidell Police Detective Daniel Seuzeneau says 43-year-old Kevin Bolton told his authorities he was on his way to see a voodoo doctor….
cut 9 (11) “…of work”
Bolton has been charged with careless operation and hit and run.