The last officer killed in the Baton Rouge police ambush has been laid to rest. Governor John Bel Edwards says Cpl. Montrell Jackson was a pillar of this community and used God’s gifts to make a difference for Baton Rouge and Louisiana. Jackson’s younger brother, 24-year-old Kendrick Pitts, spoke to Montrell and said he was loved by everyone…:
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Chairman of the House Transportation Committee Kenny Havard says the newly formed Transportation Taskforce will look at increasing the state’s gasoline tax to fund roadway maintenance. Havard says he is open to any other ideas to fund transportation projects, including tolls and public-private partnerships.
A father and his two sons drowned in the Sabine River over the weekend. Beauregard Sheriff Rick Mosely says by the time his deputies arrived at the scene, it was already too late. He says they recovered 51-year-old Harlin Powel from the river, who was pronounced dead at the scene. He says search teams then began trying to locate the two boys.
Mosely says it’s been about five years since anyone has drowned in that part of the river.
LSU kicker Colby Delahoussaye returns to New Iberia today after surviving a fatal wreck in Wisconsin. Delahoussaye was in Wisconsin to participate in the Kohl’s Kicking Camp. He was participant in the camp last week and was scheduled to serve as a camp counselor this week. Delahoussaye’s coach at New Iberia High, Rick Hutson says Delahoussaye has attended that camp since high school and he’s thankful his former player only suffered minor injuries.