19-year-old Jacob E. Michot, of Marksville, has been arrested in connection with the July 22nd murder of Gary P. Normand of Marksville. Michot is charged with Principle to 2nd Degree Murder and Possession of Stolen Things related to Normand’s murder Tim Ryan with the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Department says Michot isn’t the only suspect in this case.
Michot is being held on 1.1 million dollar bond.
This week’s triple digit high temperatures are expected to break records across Louisiana. LSU climatologist Barry Keim says even the early morning temperatures will be oppressive as Louisiana bakes under a heat dome…
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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate as she campaigns for president. Jeff Palermo has more.
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Former LSU pole vaulter and Lafayette native Mondo Duplantis vaulted 20 and a half feet to break the world record for the ninth time and win a gold medal at the Olympics. Duplantis says he didn’t think about setting a record, but it all hit him once he hit the ground.
Duplantis, who competed for his mother’s home country of Sweden, began pole vaulting as a child in his backyard in Lafayette.