The tropics and the air temperature are heating up. Jeff Palermo has more…
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Lafourche Parish Sheriffs believe they’ve solved a 44-year-old cold case murder. Matt Doyle has the story.
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Forecasters are giving a broad area of low pressure in the Bay of Campeche a high chance of developing into at least a tropical depression over the next five days. State Climatologist Barry Keim says the disturbance is expected to stay in the southern Gulf of Mexico for the next couple of days before heading north…
Keim says a lot could still happen with this developing storm, but it would be wise for everyone to keep an eye on this system. He says at this point, he’s not expecting this disturbance to develop into our first hurricane of the season
Keim says the public also needs to pay attention to the heat. Heat advisories have been posted for today across north Louisiana and southeast Louisiana as heat index values will approach 110-degrees. Keim says it’s our first taste this year of hot temperatures
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The Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Department has made an arrest in the 1977 cold-case murder of a Golden Meadow woman who was found shot in the back in a restaurant.
LPSD spokesperson Brennan Matherne says on October 10th 1977 Deputies found 32-year-old Dianne Vegas on the floor of the Chicken House restaurant. They now believe her husband murdered her.
78-year-old Chester Vegas of Cut Off is charged with 2nd Degree Murder and left the Lafourche Parish Correctional Complex Friday night after posting bail.
Matherne says despite this being one of the coldest cases on file detectives never gave up.
Matherne says it’s good to get some closure on this murder, even if it meant waiting more than four decades.
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Slidell Police Officer Theresa Simon died while on duty Sunday from what authorities believe was likely a massive heart attack.
SPD spokesperson Daniel Suzeneau says Simon was a decorated veteran of the force and leaves behind her husband, a Slidell Police Lt., and two children.
Simon was a Southeastern Louisiana University alumni with a degree in criminal justice.
Suzeneau says Simon wore a lot of hats with SPD and was even featured on the former reality show Live PD.
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Just last week Simon had passed her promotional exam to become a sergeant.
Suzeneau says she was highly respected and loved by all in the department.
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A tragic drowning on June 1st in Bossier Parish that claimed the life of a 15-year-old, highlights the need for more safety measures on state-operated waterways. Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell says Hayden Mangum of Elm Grove might still be alive if safety barriers had been installed at the spillway on Lake Bistineau.
Hayden Lane Mangum drown while fishing with a friend when the boat they were in capsized at the Lake Bistineau spillway.
Campbell says currents along impoundments that retain water on manmade lakes can be swift and unpredictable and safety barriers are already installed at Red River and Toledo Bend.
To address the issue, Campbell sent a letter Friday to the Secretary of Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries to have the safety barriers installed at spillways on all state-operated waterways.
Campbell says he expects that the cost would be minimal to install the safety barriers.