Three Southern University band members were killed in a crash involving an 18-wheeler last night. The students were reportedly on their way home to Texas for Christmas break. Captain Tony Moran with the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office says it happened on I-49 near the Powhatan around 7 pm.
State Police are investigating and say Tyran Williams, Dylan Young, and Broderick Moore were killed while trying to change a flat tire. Authorities says all three were declared dead on the scene and the driver of the commercial vehicle was unharmed. This is an active investigation.
Southern University released a statement regarding the fatalities and is offering grief counseling to students.
Port Barre (BARRY) police have arrested two fifteen-year-old boys for allegedly making a bomb threat at Port Barre High School Monday. Police chief Deon Boudreaux one of the boys wrote a threat on a school bathroom wall, and the other conspired with him to do it.
Boudreaux says one boy is charged with terrorizing, and the other with accessory to terrorizing. Both carry sentences of up to 15 years in prison.
A new statewide poll shows a majority of Louisianans accept climate change as a reality but feel it’s not up to the U.S. alone to address it. John Couvillon, with JMC Analytics & Polling, says the survey of over 600 residents found a majority (42%) feel it’s a real problem…:
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