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.

The Mermentau Police Chief has been charged with theft and malfeasance in office after allegedly making illegal withdrawals from the police association’s bank account. State Trooper Brooks David says they will hold Chief Amos Crader accountable for his crimes.
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Crader was booked into the Acadia Parish Jail on three counts of theft and three counts of malfeasance.

SWEPCO plans to use wind energy to provide power to its customers in northwest and central Louisiana. Company spokesperson Scott McCloud says SWEPCO will own 14-hundred megawatts from a wind farm currently under construction in Oklahoma…:
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He says this project will save all SWEPCO customers more than $5 billion over the 25 year life of the windfarm.

It’s a wet Saturday across much of Louisiana as light to moderate rain is falling and there’s a chance for heavier rain and storms this afternoon. The precipitation is the result of a rare late July cold front. State Climatologist Barry Keim says Sunday looks like a much better day as it won’t be as hot or humid….
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