A Bossier Parish man faces two counts of attempted first-degree murder for allegedly trying to blow up a home in Benton. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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As the fall shrimp season comes to a close, many shrimpers and seafood dealers say this has been a terrible year for the industry. Eric Gill reports…
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A maintenance worker at a horse farm in Bossier Parish is in jail after he allegedly set off a bomb underneath a home located at that same horse farm. Bossier Parish Sheriff’s spokesperson, Lt. Bill Davis, says 54-year-old Douglas Holley of Benton was employed at the horse farm for four months and was apparently upset with a veterinarian who lived on the property
No one was seriously injured. Holley is facing two counts of attempted first degree murder and one count of manufacturing a bomb. Davis says investigators found bomb making materials at Holley’s home…
Unless he bonds out, Holley will spend Christmas at the Bossier Maximum Security Facility. Davis says the two victims are counting their blessings, because the bomb caused damage to their pier-and-beam house…
CUT 5 (08) “radical explosion”
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State Climatologist Barry Keim says Louisiana should brace for wet weather conditions leading up to Christmas. He says the rain is due to a slow moving cold front settling over the state today. Keim says this front is expected to stall before ever passing through the state…
CUT 6 (10) “southeastern Louisiana”
He says the entire state is vulnerable to heavy rainfall up to Christmas Eve. Keim adds that this weather system will also bring the potential of damaging winds, tornados, and flash flooding. This is a very busy week for many and Keim urges every one to exercise caution during inclement weather…
He says up to five inches of rain could fall in areas across the state over the next three days, especially in southeast Louisiana. Keim says these weather conditions should start to clear Christmas Eve and Christmas Day is looking pretty good…
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As the fall shrimp season comes to a close, many shrimpers and seafood dealers say this has been a terrible year for the industry. Louisiana Shrimp Association President Clint Guidry says a resurgence of imported shrimp led to some of the lowest prices ever seen at the dock…
CUT 9 (08) “white shrimp season”
But he says the federal government has recently passed legislation to better control the importing of shrimp into the US. Guidry says new FDA guidelines calling for 100% screening of imported shrimp before it enters the country will even the playing field between imported and domestic shrimp…
Guidry says he’s looking forward to working with the new legislature and governor in enacting legislation to help the industry. He says a good sign going into 2016 is that shrimp prices were beginning to pick up toward the end of the fall season…
Cut 11 (07) “in mid-September”
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17 arrest warrants have been issued in an attempt to stop criminal activity by the Gremlins Gang. State Police spokesperson Brooks David says many involved with this criminal organization live in Abbeville and they are suspected of engaging in drug and violent crime activity throughout four parishes in south Central Louisiana
cut 12 (07) “criminal gang activity”
David says 10 members of the Gremlins gang are in custody and they are searching for seven others. He says all of them face several charges, including racketeering, which carries a long prison sentence if convicted…
David says Abbeville and the surrounding parishes around Vermilion are safer with these individuals off the streets. He says several agencies cooperated in this year-long investigation