An effort to place term limits on sheriffs was soundly defeated in House Judiciary. The proposed constitutional amendment sought to limit sheriffs to no more than three consecutive full terms. Bill author New Orleans Representative Mandie Landry says term limits allow for different people and ideas and it doesn’t allow one person to become entrenched…
The constitutional amendment was voted down nine to two.
Almost four years after 26-year-old Heikeem Hebert was killed in Abbeville police make an arrest after the crime lab linked the weapon to a suspect, 36-year-old Daniel Simon who was already in jail on unrelated charges. Abbeville Police Spokesperson Johnathan Touchet says detectives are relieved for the victim’s family they were able to make an arrest.
Simon is being held in the Vermilion Parish Correctional Center.
Following a game two upset win, the New Orleans Pelicans have tied their first-round playoff series with the Suns. David Grubb has more…
And more good news for New Orleans, Breeze Airways, a new low-cost airline will add a direct route from the Big Easy to Savannah, Georgia in September. The airline has been adding and cutting routes since it began flying 10 months ago. Flights to Savannah will run Mondays and Fridays and start at $59 each way.