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2 booked in Rapides church break-in

ALEXANDRIA - A man and woman have been arrested in connection with the burglary and vandalism of a church in Rapides Parish. The Town Talk reports that Nathaniel Thomas Burns, 24, of Woodworth and Jessica Davis Dousay, 22, of Pineville were booked this week at the Rapides Parish jail. Both face charges of trespassing, criminal damage to property and simple burglary of a religious building. ...
Former LSU pitcher Kevin Gausman to make MLB debut for Baltimore Orioles

BATON ROUGE, LA (LSUSPORTS.NET) - Former LSU right-hander Kevin Gausman will make his MLB debut in Toronto Thursday night when he takes the mound as the Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher against the Blue Jays. The Orioles on Thursday will officially promote Gausman and add him to the active roster for his Major League debut in Toronto. "We're trying to win," manager Buck ...
Plaquemines Parish man arrested for having sex with juvenile he met online

PLAQUEMINES PARISH, LA - A Northshore resident has been booked on after chatting online with a juvenile and proceeding to have sex with her. On Monday, May 20 at around 11:50 p.m., patrol deputies with Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office encountered a suspicious vehicle parked behind a business in the 2200 block of Engineers Road in Belle Chasse. Deputies learned that a 14-year-old ...
State Police share Clyde Barrows fingerprint card on 79th anniversary of death

It took 51 years but 73-year-old Felix Vail is finally facing serious questions in the 1962 death of his wife Mary Horton. Felix claimed they were out checking trotlines on the Calcasieu River when ...
DOTD studying highway paths around sinkhole

study BATON ROUGE - The Department of Transportation and Development said they're studying the area around the Assumption Parish sinkhole for a possible alternate highway in case La. 70 is compromised. DOTD recently installed several monitoring stations along the highway and three bridges over Bayou Corne, Grand Bayou and Bayou Choupique to detect movement and changes in elevation near ...

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Pit bull found in median on I-110 had to euthanized due to injuries

Congestion on I-10 West is now from the I-10/I-12 Junction to Dalrymple due to a crash on the left shoulder on I-10 West past ...
Man accused of torturing dog has past arrest for assault

Congestion on I-10 West is now from the I-10/I-12 Junction to Dalrymple due to a crash on the left shoulder on I-10 West past ...
Efforts to end sugar program fail in Congress

bill WASHINGTON D.C. - Louisiana's $3.5 billion sugarcane and sugar mill industries could breathe a sigh of relief after an effort to effectively end the federal sugar program was defeated on the Senate floor. The nearly $1 trillion Senate farm bill being debated this week keeps the federal sugar program intact and provides the option for price-control insurance for southwestern ...
27-year-old unrestrained driver killed in two-vehicle crash impairment suspected

BEAUREGARD PARISH, LA (NBC33) - A DeRidder man died last night in a two-vehicle crash. Officials say he was not wearing a seatbelt and he was ejected from his truck. The Louisiana State Police responded to the scene of the crash at roughly 10:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22. It happened on Hwy 26 east of U.S. Hwy 171 in Beauregard Parish. Brian Lavelle Martin, 27, was driving his truck down LA ...
DOTD installs enhanced monitoring equipment near Bayou Corne sinkhole

Assumption Parish, La - The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development will use enhanced monitoring along La. 70, near the Assumption Parish sinkhole. The improvements will provide broader observation and greater accuracy in measuring the area for movement and subsidence. DOTD will be able to use data from these monitoring systems and alert responders via DOTD’s Traffic ...

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19 injured in New Orleans Mother's Day parade shooting

Gunmen fired shots during an informal Mother's Day afternoon parade in New Orleans in Louisiana state injuring 19 people, two of them children, according to police.

The wounded in Sunday afternoon's shooting in the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana, governed by Indian-American Bobby Jindal, included 10 men and seven women as well as a boy and a girl, both 10.

Local Nola.com citing police said both the 10-year-old victims had graze wounds to the body and were in good condition. A man and a woman were reported to be in surgery Sunday evening.

Immediately after the shooting on Frenchmen Street police reported seeing three suspects running from the scene.

Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas said the three gunmen likely worked together, and at least two different weapons were used. One of the suspects is described as a man between 18 and 22 years old with short hair and wearing a white shirt and blue jeans, Serpas said.

Many of the victims were grazed, some by bullets that ricocheted. "At this point, there are no fatalities, and most of the wounds are not life-threatening," Nola.com cited spokesperson Remi Braden as saying in an email.

"But all medical conditions are not known at this time as victims were rushed to nearby hospitals," Braden said. ...