Former St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain was found is guilty on all charges and faces a mandatory life sentence for raping and molesting multiple children Brooke Thorington has more.
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The search is over for a woman wanted for shooting her mother several times late Friday afternoon at a Lofton Street address in the Opelousas area. St. Landry Parish Deputy Chief Eddie Thibodeaux says Ashley Sims got into an argument with her mother. NO word on what motivated the dispute.
Northwestern State University’s new president, Marcus Jones, has now dropped the interim title he had held since July after the UL System Board of Supervisors appointed him Monday permanently to the post. Jones seems humbled by the move and looking forward to moving the school forward.
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He says he owes part of his success to being able to compromise after being reared in a family where he was the 18th of 20 siblings.
Some surprising numbers from early voting in Louisiana for the November 13th election. Pollster John Couvillon tells us the figure, 142 thousand as of last night, far exceeds those of 2017. He doesn’t expect that high response to translate to the actual turnout for the Saturday election.
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All in all, Couvillon does not expect an overall rush to the polls statewide this Saturday since in most cases the only thing on the ballot in many parishes are the four constitutional amendments.