Click It or Ticket is underway for Memorial Day weekend. Greg Fischer with the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission says while the seatbelt usage rate in the state is 85% it’s the15% in rural areas, usually those who drive a truck who don’t buckle up and if they are in a crash…
The first offense is $50 for not wearing a seatbelt in Louisiana.
The Louisiana National Guard’s 1021st Vertical Engineer Company will deploy to Asia with more than 40 guardsmen to assist with construction operations. Captain Emily Anthony says the last time this unit was deployed overseas was 2013, but they’ve had several in-state missions…
This Memorial Day weekend many people will gather around the grill and fortunately, it doesn’t look like the meat isn’t going to break the bank this year. Chairman of Louisiana Beef Industry Council John Thompson
Cut 9 (06) “…holding pretty steady.”
38-year-old Aaron Moreau of Pollock was arrested Thursday for alleged fishing contest fraud by placing over two and a half pounds of led weights into a fish used for weighing at the Big Bass Splash tournament. Wildlife and Fishery agent Dustin Nash.
Cut 12 (05) “…in the tournament.”
Tournament officials notified state wildlife officials and when they arrived, Moreau fled the scene. Fishing contest fraud brings up to a $3,000 fine and up to one year in jail.