A Sulphur man is accused of burglarizing a home dressed as a Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s deputy. Teiko Foxx has more…
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Support for coastal restoration projects is growing. Brooke Thorington has more.
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You’ll want to keep your raincoat and umbrella handy for the next few days as a stationary front keeps showers from moving along. State climatologist Barry Keim says unfortunately it might put a damper on outside activities for the next three days.
A flash flood watch is in effect for northwest Louisiana and western parishes along the Texas border until 7 o’clock Friday evening. On a positive note, Keim says severe weather is not anticipated with the front for Louisiana.
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Keim says the entire state will most likely have rain, today, tomorrow, and Saturday. But by Sunday the front should be exiting the state and hopefully, sunrise services and other outdoor Easter activities can be enjoyed.
Because it’s a stationary front, Keim says it’s not moving fast enough to cause any severe weather but flash floods are a concern due to the amount of rain.
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Deputies arrested a Sulphur man after he allegedly burglarized a home in Acadia Parish while wearing a Calcasieu Parish’s Deputy jacket and badge. Authorities received a call of a suspicious person running in a field and were led to an area off Branch Highway near White Oak Highway. Acadia Sheriff KP Gibson says within minutes officers were on the scene.
During the home invasion, 33-year-old Adam Creel allegedly detained the homeowner with handcuffs and rummaged through the residence taking several items before fleeing. Gibson says they learned Creel forcefully entered the victim’s residence…
Deputies are working to identify if other persons were possibly involved. Gibson says in this case local residents took extra steps to help and made a major difference.
Creel was charged with home invasion, a convicted felon possessing a firearm, armed robbery, obstruction of justice, false imprisonment, and impersonation of a law enforcement officer.
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Support for coastal restoration is growing in Louisiana according to a Global Strategy Group survey on behalf of Restore the Mississippi River Delta. Campaign director Simone Maloz says the survey indicates 73 percent of respondents support their efforts, that’s up from 68 percent in 2021.
For almost the last century, Louisiana has lost nearly 2,000 square miles of coastal wetlands, and 4,000 more square miles are predicted in the next 50 years without restoration projects. And when asked about sediment diversions, which is a cornerstone of the state’s Coastal Master Plan, Maloz says 80 percent of respondents are in favor of those projects.
Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser and the St. Bernard Parish Council are among those opposed to the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, calling it a threat to commercial and recreational fishing. In addition to gauging the public’s support of their projects, Maloz says the survey is also shared with lawmakers and decision-makers who fund their projects.
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A 33-year-old man from Terrebonne Parish has been charged in the death of a Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Deputy. Detective Sergeant Nicholas Pepper died last Sunday when a vehicle rammed into his during a police chase in Thibodaux. State Trooper Thomas Gossen says the suspect, 33-year-old Anthony Savoie of Bourg, was in the hospital recovering from his injuries
Gossen says Savoie faces several charges, including first-degree murder of a police officer…
The Terrebonne Parish District Attorney’s Office will handle the criminal proceedings. Pepper was laid to rest yesterday. He leaves behind a wife and three children.
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Three young adults were killed in a single vehicle wreck in West Monroe during the overnight hours. Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Glenn Springfield says deputies responded to the scene in the 100 block of Old Highway 15 in West Monroe…
Springfield says the three victims were found dead in the vehicle. They’ve been identified as 23-year-old Keiara McCraw, 24-year-old Annesha Coleman and 22-year-old Anija Coleman. Springfield says weather may have played a factor in the fatal wreck…