A teenage girl is dead in a crash in Lafayette. Police Sergeant Matthew Benoit says there were six juveniles and an adult in a stolen vehicle being driven by a 14-year-old boy.
The girl who died is identified as 17-year-old Terry Mitchell of Lafayette. The 14-year-old boy tried running off but was caught and is now in juvenile detention facing four charges.
A former city councilman in Minden, in Webster Parish, and his daughter are shot dead, and the suspect is a ten-year-old boy. 82-year-old Joe Cornelius and his 31-year-old daughter, Keisha Miles, were found dead inside their home. Minden Police Chief Jared McIver says there were two juveniles inside the home at the time.
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Chief McIver says the investigation ruled out any notion that this was an accidental shooting. He says the boy confessed and is in custody.
If you’re a hunter, the Louisiana Second Amendment Weekend Sales Tax Holiday is back again this Friday through Sunday. Department of Revenue Spokesperson Bryon Henderson says consumer purchases of a wide range of hunting supplies are exempt from state and local sales tax…
Purchases not eligible are hunting dogs, animal fee, off-road vehicles, and vessels such as airboats.
Knock on wood – but so far, it’s been a very quiet hurricane season here in Louisiana. LSU Climatologist Barry Keim says, though, we’re not out of the woods just yet. He says we’re currently in LaNina conditions, and that’s expected to build in the latter part of hurricane season.
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There are currently three disturbances in the Atlantic, two of them with a 40-percent chance of developing in the next seven days.