Sheriff’s deputies in St. Tammany Parish says they have identified the victim in a 2016 homicide. The man’s remains were found badly decomposed, with both arms and a leg missing. A foot was found in Biloxi in 2019, and used to make a DNA match with Kleanthis Konstantinidis. However, this does not solve his murder. That case is ongoing.

In a move that will almost certainly upset sport fishermen, the Department of Wildlife & Fisheries is strongly considering reducing the limit on speckled trout; from 25 to 15 fish per person. The move is to head off reducing numbers of trout, as coastal lands erode and sea levels rise – threatening their habitat. Kevin Ford hosts the “Let’s Geaux Fishing” TV show. He says fishermen will get used to the change, but “specks” aren’t the only species under threat…:

CUT 05(08)      “…in 2023.”

The state’s all-time winningest college basketball coach may be entering politics. Retired Northwestern State coach Mike McConathy won 682 games in 39 seasons – both there and at Bossier Community College. Now he’s thinking of the District 31 state Senate seat. He says he should be making an announcement soon…”

CUT 11(11)      “…get after it.”

McConathy is 66 and a Republican.

Three kids at East Ouachita Middle School got sick from eating homemade candy; likely laced with some kind of drug and given to them by a classmate. Ouachita Sheriff’s spokesman Glenn Springfield says they located and arrested a 14-year-old, who was still in possession of some of the candy…:

CUT 12(10)      “…similar narcotic.”

The state crime lab will analyze the candy to see what is in it.