Former St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain has been released from jail after posting bond Friday, the jail he used to run. Strain was indicted and arrested this week on sex crime charges earlier this week. Strain made few comments to the press as he left jail but stated he has plenty to say in court.
An abnormal number of deaths of bottleneck dolphins in the Northern Gulf of Mexico has prompted NOAA Fisheries to declare an Unusual Mortality Event. Jeff Palermo has more.
Investigation Discovery is running a four-hour special tonight and Sunday on the unsolved murders of eight women in the Jennings area between 2005 and 2009. A decade later the deaths remain unsolved, and ID Executive Producer Liz Massie says they hope their in-depth look can change that…
Not all of the deaths have been ruled murders, and no one was ever charged in the case.
Police are on the hunt for 39-year-old Oshay Booker who is believed to have murdered his stepfather, former Winnfield Mayor Ronald “Cloud” Goff in a familial dispute Tuesday. Winn Parish Sheriff Cranford Jordan says they believe the suspect fled to Texas.
The shooting occurred on Spillway Road in Winnfield, and Jordan says they still aren’t certain exactly what provoked the attack.