A trooper death that was discovered almost 15 hours after he was believed to have been ambushed by 31-year old Matthew Mire during his multi-parish shooting rampage remains under investigation. State Police Colonel Lamar Davis says Master Trooper Adam Gaubert was found in his vehicle around 5 pm Saturday and surveillance video shows the suspect in the area at 2:30 am.
Mire is in police custody on multiple charges, including first-degree murder of a police officer.
Gas prices across Louisiana are up about seven cents a gallon compared to last week, and Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst with Gas Buddy, says the ballooning prices can be blamed on the upswing in oil prices. DeHaan says in the very near future drivers in Louisiana could be shelling out an average price of three-dollars a gallon for regular.
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The widow of former Governor Edwin Edwards spoke publicly today about her decision to have his body exhumed and cremated last month. Trina Edwards says she was not allowed to bury him at the original plot he purchased. As for the final resting place for the Silver Fox, Edwards’s hints that perhaps she’d like to have him placed next to another Louisiana governor and political legend Huey Long at the state capitol.
But in the meantime, his ashes will remain at the home they shared in Gonzales.
Many Louisianans with National Flood Insurance Program coverage are alarmed at potentially huge premium hikes under FEMA’s new Risk Rating 2.0 plan. State Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says this COULD stimulate competition from private insurers. Donelon says the rate in increases will be devastating to homeowners and the Louisiana economy at large…: