The young mother-to-be who was shot in a road rage incident Sunday morning in Tangipaoa Parish has died. That’s according to Katelynn Strate’s family. Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s officials say the attempted murder charge against 54 year old Barry West has been upgraded to second degree murder in light of Strate’s death.
People in New Orleans are searching for answers as the mourn the death of 12-year-old Bryan Vasquez. He’s the boy who went missing from his New Orleans East Home August 14th. His body found yesterday by the United Cajun Navy. New Orleans Police superintendent Ann Kirkpatrick says their investigation into Bryan’s disaparance and death will be very thorough.
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Kirkpatrick says they’re also investigating why it took police five hours to respond to the initial call that Bryan was missing. She says people have every right to be angry about that, and NOPD needs to regain the public’s trust.
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A recent audit of independent seafood restaurants in Slidell shows that nearly all of them which advertise that their shrimp comes from the Gulf of Mexico are telling the truth. SeaD (“seed”) Consulting conducted genetic testing on shrimp from 24 restaurants that claimed that their shrimp was locally sourced, and it found that 21 of them were telling the truth. Co-founder David Williams says he’s not surprised…
As we continue to reflect on the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, former Governor Bobby Jindal is taking a look back. Jindal was sworn in as governor in 2008 and remembers the battles with the federal government over recovery dollars. He says the 474-million dollars owed to the state to replace the city’s Charity Hospital was ultimately used to build a new academic medical center in New Orleans.