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On Saturday afternoon, a suspect outside of New Orleans, Louisiana fatally shot two people and injured others at the Jefferson Gun Outlet. The suspect was also killed during the heated exchange. The Associated Press reports that the first shooter, a customer at the gun store and range, fired the initial shots inside where he hit […]
A Louisiana man ended up visiting the ER after trying to disprove claims about the adhesive nature of Gorilla Glue by applying it to his lip, WKBN reports. Gorilla Glue recently became a popular topic of discussion after Tessica Brown shared on TikTok that she used the Gorilla Glue spray adhesive when her usual hair spray ran out, and her hair […]
Two Louisiana sanitation workers are being praised for their heroic actions that led to the rescue of a 10-year-old girl. According to ABC News, Pelican Waste & Debris workers Dion Merrick and Brandon Antoine were working their usual trash pickup route on Monday when they noticed a silver sedan in the middle of a field […]
Last week a Louisiana cemetery refused to bury a Black sheriff’s deputy because of its “white-only” sale restriction. Reminder, it’s 2021. Karla Semien, the wife of the late Darrell Semien, was told by Oaklin Springs Cemetery in Allen Parish that she couldn’t bury her husband there because of the 1950s sales contract that included language […]
A 53-year-old man who was sentenced to life in prison on a $20 marijuana charge is finally free. Fate Winslow walked out of Angola state prison in Louisiana on Wednesday, more than 12 years after he was convicted of selling a two dime bags to an undercover cop in Shreveport. As reported by CBS News, Winslow reunited with his family upon his release and expressed […]
Bubbling Louisiana rapper Blue Benji Kobe was shot and killed on Sunday, December 6. According to Shreveport, Louisiana reporter Timmy Lane, the 24-year-old (born Jacoby Kentae Ware) was shot multiple times at 2 p.m. Per the local CBS affiliate, the shooting took place in front of a tobacco shop. Two people were reportedly arguing when a car pulled up and […]
Holden James Matthews was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison for setting three historically Black churches in Louisiana ablaze last year, ABC News reports. Matthews, 22, pleaded guilty in February to three counts of using fire to commit a felony and three counts of intentional damage to religious property. Under the Church Arson Prevention Act […]
Virtual learning might be the biggest obstacle for parents during this pandemic. And for one family in Louisiana, things got even more difficult as their child was suspended for having a BB gun in his room. Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry announced Friday that his office would be investigating the case of 9-year-old Ka Mauri […]
Swarms of mosquitoes in Louisiana have left hundreds of cattle and some horses dead. WWLTV reports that, according to experts in southwest Louisiana, the clouds of mosquitoes became thick from Hurricane Laura, which, after it made landfall on Aug. 27, pushed the insects out of marshes. Veterinarian Craig Fontenot told the outlet that the mosquitoes […]
Police shot a Louisiana man at a gas station on Friday after he was tasered, the Lafayette Daily Advertiser reports. Lafayette police responded to a disturbance call at a Circle K gas station at around 8 p.m. on Friday. Police then followed the alleged suspect as he walked about half a mile from the Circle K to a nearby Shell gas station. […]
