The founder of the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association, Don Briggs, is hospitalized and his wife is dead after a car crash yesterday morning on I-12 in Tangipahoa Parish. State Police Trooper William Huggins says 77-year-old Nannette Briggs died at the scene from a collision with a truck that was stopped due to traffic congestion
Bossier City police have charged Ramsey Akes with first-degree murder in connection with a road rage incident that led to the death of a woman early last night. It happened in the parking lot of the Willis-Knighton Hospital. The exact motive for the shooting that left 65-year-old Cynthia Walker dead is under investigation. Police Lt. Bart Cavanaugh says it appears the altercation began elsewhere:
The 23-year-old Akes is being held on a $275,000 bond.
More than two dozen homes suffered damage when an EF-2 tornado ripped through an area south of Lake Charles early yesterday afternoon. The storm left two people with minor injuries. Governor John Bel Edwards surveyed the area this morning and said of the twister.
Cut 8 (10) “..miles per hour.”
The National Weather Service is still assessing the damage from the storm to better pinpoint just how powerful it was and how many homes were impacted by the twister.
Walker Police are working hard to reunite a Nike lunch bag with its owner. The black and white bag was found among some debris on Florida Boulevard Wednesday and Walker Police Captain John Sharp says the bag just happen to have 120 oxycodone tablets in it.
The insulated lunch bag also contains nearly 50 grams of cocaine and a few other items.