The Saints are nearing the start of the regular season as they take on the Chargers in Los Angeles on Sunday in their first preseason game. Andre Champagne (SHOM-pine) reports.
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Louisiana’s famous Elmer Chocolate has been sold to a Florida based conglomerate. Hoffman Family of Companies operates 120 different brands. They’re known for buying strong, local brands, helping them grow, all while keeping existing management and employees in place. There’s no word on what the overall price-tag was of the Pontchatoula based maker of Gold Brick Eggs and Heavenly Hash, but Elmer, which has been in business since 1850, has an estimated yearly revenue of about 100-million dollars.
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Angola State Penitentiary may begin housing ICE detainees. Louisiana leaders and the Trump administration are in talks to use the prison facility. A wing, which closed in 2018 due to its condition, will likely house the detainees. Last month, Governor Landry issued an executive order allowing renovations to the wing to proceed without typical bidding rules. . West Feliciana Parish president Kenny Havard.
Budget constraints have forced the police chief of one small Jefferson Davis Parish community to lay off his entire force. The decision was made following a contentious council meeting earlier this week. Kay Hebert, the mayor pro- tem of Elton, says Police Chief Bruce Lemelle has already gone through all the money that the council had allocated to the police department – something that Lemelle disputes.
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Law enforcement calls in Elton will now be handled by the Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff’s Office.