A helicopter pilot is killed in a crash in Thibodaux this morning. Investigators say Stanley Hebert of Abbeville hit some utility wires and crashed into a sugar cane field. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Captain Brennan Matherne says no one on the ground was hurt, and no property on the ground was damaged.
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The FAA and the NTSB have been notified and will be investigating.
The Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man who they say kidnapped a nine-year-old boy. Deputy Amanda Lyon says the boy was riding ATVs with 40-year-old Rickey Knotts yesterday, but Knotts kept the boy captive overnight until a family member found him safe this morning.
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Knotts is charged with simple kidnapping, cruelty to a juvenile and false imprisonment.
If a new poll is any indication, Senator Bill Cassidy’s re-election bid could be in big trouble. The poll by JMC Analytics and Polling commissioned by the John Fleming campaign shows Fleming leading Cassidy, 36-to-29-percent; which widens to 42-to-29 when only registered Republicans are factored in. Founder John Couvillon says in all polls, Cassidy is polling very low for an incumbent.
We’re keeping an eye on the tropics for another potential disturbance; but as of right now, the National Hurricane Center doesn’t give it much of a chance at developing into a cyclone. Right now, there’s a trough of low pressure near North Florida’s Atlantic Coast, with the system forecast to move west across the gulf, bringing with it heavy rains and thunderstorms.