She faced up to 17 years in prison; instead, she got 90 days. That was the sentence Judge Kent Savoie handed to former DeRidder Mayor Misty Roberts, who was convicted back in March of having sex with a 16-year-old boy while she was in office. Pamela Sleezer, who’s been covering the trial for the American Press, says the prosecution was not happy with the lenient sentence.
Cut 10 (11) “…for these crimes.”
The man convicted of killing a Covington priest and his caretaker in 2022 has been sentenced to life. St. Tammany Parish DA Collin Sims says Antonio Tyson will serve his sentence on Angola’s death row, but will not be executed because of his mental health issues…
Cut 8 (13) “….so we did”
LDWF will hold a special black-bellied whistling duck season that will run from October third to the 11th. Hunters can target black-bellied whistling ducks during the regular duck hunting season that runs from November into January, but Waterfowl Program Manager Jason Olszak says surveys indicate there is also an opportunity to harvest black bellied whistling ducks in early October…
Cut 14 (08) “…earlier in the year”
Sportsmen are not allowed to hunt Black-bellied whistling ducks during the September teal season, so now they have that opportunity in early October.
A little league team in the north suburbs of Pittsburgh got a surprise visit from the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner Monday evening. Paul Skenes was driving by Ingomar Franklin Park when he saw the lights on for a little league practice and decided to check it out. Eddie Dubis, a coach in the league and father of two of the kids, says it only took a few minutes for the 6-6 superstar to be noticed.
Skenes pitched well last night against the Dodgers, but the Pirates still lost to the two-time defending World Series champions.