Two people are dead after a trustee at David Wade Correctional Center walked away from a work assignment and kidnapped the assistant warden’s step daughter. Claiborne Parish Sheriff Ken Bailey says 39-year-old Deltra Henderson stole a vehicle Thursday and abducted 19-year-old Amanda Carney on the prison grounds…
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Carney just graduated from Summerfield High School.

SWEPCO officials say customers will see savings from a windfarm under construction in Oklahoma. Spokesperson Scott McCloud says they will use energy generated from that windmill and it will save their customers more than $5 billion over 25 years.
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Savings should appear on customers’ bills by 2021.

The Mermentau (Mer-men-tow) Police Chief in Acadia Parish is facing theft charges. Master Trooper Brooks David says the DA contacted State Police in reference to a complaint about Chief Amos Crader making withdrawals from the police association’s bank account.:
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Crader was also booked on malfeasance charges.

A study released this week found brain damage in 99 percent of the NFL players who participated. Jeff Palermo has more from a local doctor….
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