A helicopter pilot is killed in a crash in Thibodaux this morning. Jeff Palermo reports.
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Deputies in Ouachita Parish are looking for a man who they say kidnapped a nine-year-old boy who was eventually found safe. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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A helicopter pilot is killed in a crash in Thibodaux this morning. Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Captain Brennan Matherne says it happened at around 6:30 this morning.
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The pilot has been identified as Stanley Hebert of Abbeville. Captain Matherne says the crash happened in an agricultural field.
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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.
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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.
Deputy Lyon says Knotts is charged with simple kidnapping, cruelty to a juvenile and false imprisonment.
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Lyon says Knotts has several prior arrests.
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A new poll by JMC Analytics and Polling commissioned by the John Fleming Senate campaign shows not only good news for the Fleming campaign, but also some very bad news for the incumbent he’s looking to unseat. Founder John Couvillon says in a head-to-head matchup, Fleming has a sizable lead over Senator Bill Cassidy.
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The polls show Cassidy leading in both a three way race with Senator Blake Miguez added in, as well as a four-way race with Miguez and potential candidate Julia Letlow. However, Couvillon says in all polls, Cassidy is polling very low for an incumbent.
As such, if the election was to be held tomorrow instead of next April, Cassidy would be extended to a runoff – and Couvillon says based on the current polling numbers, that would spell big trouble for Cassidy.
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Couvillon says the fact that Cassidy has a huge lead in fundraising means nothing. He notes that when Cassidy unseated Mary Landrieu in 2014, Landrieu had boatloads more money than Cassidy had, and it did her no good in her re-election bid.
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Former Union Parish football star Trey Holly has enrolled at Southern University as a walk-on as he’s not allowed to play at LSU, because he faces felony charges from shooting. Holly is Louisiana’s all-time leading high school rusher and committed to the Tigers in 2022, but he has not seen the field since three games his freshman season. Jaguars head coach Terrence Graves says Holly is read to go.
Holly has been suspended from the LSU football team since a February 2024 shooting in his hometown of Farmerville. He was originally charged with attempted murder, but those charges have been dropped. Holly still faces charges charges of aggravated criminal damage and illegal use of a weapon. Since those are pending felony charges, Holly can not suit up for LSU.
Holly has maintained his innocence. He is still awaiting trial after numerous delays Graves says Southern will give him a fresh start.