State Police in Troop B ask the public’s help solving a hit & run early Friday morning in Marrero, in Jefferson Parish, that left two people dead. Trooper First Class Kate Stegall says it happened on the elevated Westbank Expressway at about 3:30 Friday morning…:
Cut 9 (12) “…occupants on the scooter.”
Stegall says the suspect was driving a white early 2000’s model Ford F-150 extended cab pickup, with a silver toolbox in the bed.
A September 6th trial date has been set for the woman accused of throwing her children off the Cross Lake Bridge in Caddo Parish last year. Ureaka Black was arrested in Texas last September hours after the body of her 10-month-old son was found in the water. She faces multiple charges including second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder. Her five-year-old son survived the event.
After a two-year break due to COVID, the Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival returns to Opelousas today. Festival executive director Lena Charles says Zydeco gained popularity with poor farm workers as a way to boost their spirits after a long day in the fields. She says it has the same effect today.
The festival kicks off at noon.
The mystery of who will be LSU’s starting quarterback remains unsolved. But Tiger Rag Magazine Assistant Editor William Weathers believes it will most likely be Jayden Daniels because he’s had 29 starts at the Division 1 level in the Pac-12.
Cut 12 (09) “…make more sense.”
Kickoff Sunday night is 6:30 in the Superdome against the Florida State Seminoles.