Washington Parish Sheriff Randy Seal is calling on Bogalusa residents to come forward with information about a mass shooting that wounded 12 at a memorial gathering of 300-500 people Saturday. Seal says marching in protest of the violence won’t end the violence…
Cut 10 (10) “…our community back.”
12 of the 13 victims were male and some are critically wounded.
The state is facing a billion dollar budget shortfall for the next fiscal year and Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says it appears likely most of the cuts necessary to pass the constitutionally mandated balanced budget will have to occur within the Louisiana Department of Health’s budget. He says many other agencies are taking a two-percent cut…
A woman is dead and two juveniles were taken to the hospital after a train collided with their stalled out vehicle in Webster Parish when the woman attempted to push her vehicle off the tracks. State Police Trooper Brent Hardy says if your vehicle ever becomes stranded on the track, immediate exit and get all other passengers away from the vehicle, then call the number on the nearby white and blue sign.
51-year-old Rebecca Woodard of Minden was identified as the victim.
A 27-year-old woman is dead and nine others are being treated at a hospital from severe weather that hit a rural area in northeast Acadia Parish last night. The one fatality took place on Prudence Highway north of Church Point. Sheriff KP Gibson says a suspected tornado damaged several homes.
Cut 3 (09) “with moderate damage.”