A Shreveport business owner was found dead Tuesday evening. The owner of Fat Daddy’s Crawfish, 71-year-old, Mark Hailey was discovered in his residence on Jim Bell Road near Campti. Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Captain Tony Moran says Hailey’s truck was missing but they received a lead in the case on Wednesday.
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Crude oil dropped below $70 a barrel in trading Wednesday, for the first time in more than a year. So, what does that mean for consumers at the pump? Triple A analyst Don Redman says a drop in prices goes against what we typically see in the Spring when fuel costs increase due to demand and the transition to summer-grade gasoline.
Cut 6 (09) “…fall accordingly.”
Redman believes the drop in crude oil prices is reflective of the markets after the collapse of a couple of banks.
27-year-old, Dillion James, convicted in the December 2021 attack on a newspaper delivery driver in Rosepine was sentenced to eight years in prison – the maximum sentence for his second-degree battery conviction. Vernon Parish District Attorney Terry Lambright.
His brother Douglas James received a similar sentence in October.
Congressman Garret Graves introduces a bill to streamline federal disaster recovery assistance for storms and hurricanes. Graves says the current federal disaster recovery processes take years to get the necessary funding to local governments trying to assist communities and businesses in need.
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The Natural Disaster Recovery Program Act would create block grants under FEMA for “unmet needs.”