After three students got ill from consuming homemade candy at East Ouachita Middle School on Thursday, the Sheriff’s Office was called to look into the matter. Glenn Springfield spokesperson for the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office says deputies also located a 14-year-old suspect with the candy in his possession.
Cut 12 (10) “…similar narcotic.”
The suspect was taken to Green Oaks Detention Center and three students who consumed the laced candy have been released from the hospital.
After President Biden said he want to pardon simple federal marijuana possession convictions, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards says he’s won’t immediately follow suit for similar state charges. While Edwards says he supports the move, he doesn’t necessarily have the authority to do so, that must be handled by the state board of pardons.
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologists are recommending catching limits for speckled trout fishing. Right now, the limit is 25 per person, with a 13-and-a-half-inch size limit. Kevin Ford, host of Let’s Geaux Fishing with Kevin Ford says the 15-fish limit isn’t controversial, but the 12 inch size limit is.
Ford believes the proposed changes will be approved and go into effect early next year.
With only four centers rehabbing injured or orphaned wildlife, Letitia Labbie (La-bay), director of Acadiana Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation says it’s important to help birds of prey because they help eradicate pests, For example, one owl depending on the species can consume up to five mice nightly.
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