State Police are investigating a crash in Iberia Parish that killed a Jeanerette Police officer last night. Eric Gill reports…
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An Orleans Parish grand jury has indicted millionaire murder suspect Robert Durst on gun charges in Louisiana. Jeff Palermo has more…
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State Police are investigating a crash in Iberia Parish that killed a Jeanerette Police officer last night. Master Trooper Brooks David says 22-year-old officer Juandre Gilliam radioed that he was pursuing a vehicle in an attempt to make a traffic stop…
David says Gilliam’s vehicle ran off the road, struck a culvert, and overturned. It is unknown if the chase was high speed or at the speed limit. Detectives are currently working to make that determination. He says responding personnel found Gilliam in his overturned police unit…
Gilliam was transported to a local hospital where he later died of injuries sustained in the crash. David says authorities found the two suspects in the car Gilliam was chasing, 21-year old Antre Joseph of New Iberia and an unnamed 16-year-old juvenile… (Charges against the two are pending at this time.)
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Abita Brewing Company announces their $30 million dollar expansion in Abita Springs is now complete. In a release the company says they produce 160,000 barrels of their popular craft beer annually, and with the expansion they will now be able to brew up to 400,000 barrels. President David Blossman says this will allow them to expand the brand nationally..:
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Blossman says they have also added on to their visitors center and retail space which will allow them to have more tours more often. He says over the past several years they’ve had capacity restraints during their peak times…:
Blossman says they are also becoming a Founding Brewery Partner of Enjoy Beer Inc which is an enterprise created to provide resources to top independent craft brewers on a national scale…:
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An Orleans Parish grand jury has indicted millionaire murder suspect Robert Durst on gun charges in Louisiana. Durst’s attorney, Dick DeGuerin, has been attempting to get Durst extradited to California to face murder charges there. Legal analyst Tim Meche says this indictment means Durst won’t be going to California any time soon…
This indictment puts any extradition plans for Durst on hold. Durst is wanted in California for the 2000 shooting death of Susan Berman. Meche says this also cancels a preliminary hearing to determine whether or not there was probable cause in Durst’s arrest last month…
Durst is indicted on charges of illegal possession of a firearm by a felon and illegal possession of a firearm in the presence of a controlled substance. Meche says Durst is facing some pretty severe consequences…
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The coming National Hurricane Museum and Science Center in Lake Charles receives a $1 million dollar pledge toward the building and operations. The gift from the Stream family is the largest private donation since fundraising for facility began four years ago. Gray Stream says they are motivated by the fact that the Center promises to save lives…:
The NHMSC will be open to daily visitors, but it will also offer teaching materials online covering science, technology, engineering, math and social sciences. The donation brings the total amount contributed to $40 million dollars and Stream says they are about $15 million dollars away from what they need to break ground in June 2016…:
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The NHMSC should begin construction in southwest Louisiana next year for Phase One of the project. Stream says the facility will educate people about how to better prepare for, respond to and be resilient to natural disasters…: