A missing two-year-old from Baton Rouge was found dead in Hancock County Mississippi on Sunday. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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For the first time in over two months, the state health department reports there are less than one thousand COVID patients in Louisiana hospitals. Don Molino has more…
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A Schriever man is held on a four-million-dollar bond after a Saturday night shooting on Bull Run Road that left a woman dead and a man wounded. State troopers responding to the scene were fired on as they arrived and 38-year-old suspect Patrick Waddle drove off, wounding one of the troopers.
Trooper Ross Brennan says the injured trooper was treated for head injuries and released from the hospital. Waddle eventually surrendered after fleeing into a wooded area. The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating the initial shooting that left 51-year-old Lisa Eschete dead. Waddle is charged with her murder, attempted first-degree murder and five counts of attempted first-degree murder for shooting at the troopers.
After turning his vehicle into a private drive with troopers in chase, Trooper Ross Brennan says a trooper opened fire as Waddle exchanged gunfire with them and ran into a wooded area.
Waddle was not injured by the trooper’s gunfire.
It wasn’t until early Sunday morning that officers were able to take Waddle into custody and take him to jail.
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After spending nearly a month away from their facilities in Metairie because of Hurricane Ida, the Saints are back home and preparing to play the New York Giants in the Superdome this Sunday. The team arrived back in New Orleans following its win over New England. Wide receiver Marquez Callaway….
Before Ida’s destructive landfall, the Saints evacuated to the Dallas area and held most of their practices on the campus of T-C-U. Linebacker Demario Davis says it was not easy being away from home
Davis is excited to play in a packed Dome this Sunday against the winless Giants…
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The Shreveport woman accused of throwing her children off the Cross Lake Bridge in Shreveport Friday is back in the state after being arrested in Texas. Corporal Chris Bordelon with the Shreveport Police Department says they aren’t releasing a motive of why 32-year-old Ureka Black allegedly threw her infant son and five-year-old son into the water, which killed the infant.
According to a press release from the Shreveport Police Department, detectives gathered video evidence at the scene while interviewing potential witnesses that proved crucial in identifying the suspect. Bordelon says they aren’t releasing details of what witnesses told authorities.
The five-year-old child was taken to Ochsner LSU Health with life-threatening injuries that have now been downgraded. The infant was pronounced dead on the scene.
Black faces second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder charges and bond has been set. Bordelon says now that the suspect at the Shreveport Jail…
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The suspect was arrested without incident in Waskom, Texas Friday evening.
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While it’s a long shot at a get-rich scheme, tonight’s your chance to become an instant multi-millionaire with the right set of Powerball numbers. Kim Chopin with the Louisiana Lottery Corporation says the jackpot for the drawing is near historic.
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The cash payout will total just over 392-million-dollars. Thanks in part to the new Monday night drawings, Chopin says Powerball sales are up about 20-percent during the first three months of this fiscal year.
Chopin says no one nationwide has won the Powerball jackpot since early summer.
Chopin says history could be made if someone in Louisiana won the Powerball jackpot tonight, something that hasn’t happened since 2018.