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Shaquille O’Neal contributed to the cost of a child’s funeral, after a Louisiana family lost their son in a car accident earlier this month, TMZ reports. Just over two weeks ago, a single car containing an adult (the driver), and four minors went through a stop sign prior to crashing into a ditch and then hitting a […]
Four members of a Louisiana family died within days of each other after contracting coronavirus, local outlets reported Tuesday. The victims were 86-year-old New Orleans resident Antoinette Franklin and her three sons Herman Franklin Jr., 71, Anthony Franklin Sr., 58, and Timothy Franklin, 61. Family members told WDSU that the Franklins became ill around the same time, but it […]
The city of Crowley, Louisiana implemented its coronavirus curfew last week, and in an effort to alert residents of when the curfew was in effect, the police department wanted to use a siren that could be easily differentiated from the identifiable sound of a police car. Little did they know at the time that their choice of siren was taken from the […]
Louisiana authorities are investigating a viral video that allegedly shows an officer planting drugs on a black male suspect. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office says the incident occurred at around 3 p.m. local time in the area of Commerce Street and 6th Street in Bridge City, Louisiana. Authorities were reportedly responding to a call about a man in […]
U.S. Marshals and deputies from the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office ended their hunt for escaped 49-year-old New Orleans jail inmate Clement Leach Jr. on Tuesday when they found him eating lunch at Sammy’s Food Service & Deli, according to NOLA.com. Authorities received a tip of Leach’s whereabouts that same day, and knew the address of the food spot because restaurant co-owner Sammy Schloegel said the U.S. Marshals dine […]
TMZ reports Tyler Perry’s nephew Gavin Porter died on Tuesday by hanging himself while in solitary confinement. Porter was 26. Porter, who was serving a 20-year sentence at the Union Parish Detention Center in Farmerville, Louisiana, was placed in solitary on Saturday night after he allegedly got into a fight that involved several inmates this past weekend, according to the News Star. Guards said that they checked on him […]
Multiple fatalities have been reported after a small plane crashed in Lafayette, Louisiana, local station KATC reports. Five people have died, authorities confirmed to the news station. There was one survivor, the Lafayette Fire Department said. Three people were transported to a local hospital after sustaining injuries. BREAKING: A small plane has crash landed in Lafayette, […]
Eleven people are injured following a shooting in New Orleans on Sunday, CNN reports. New Orleans police are investigating a shooting on Canal Street Sunday morning involving a total of 11 victims struck by gunfire. Several streets are blocked off. pic.twitter.com/eGSlUNfonv — Paul Dudley (@Pauldudleynews) December 1, 2019 POST CONTINUES BELOW 11 […]
A Cuban man who sought asylum in the U.S. has died of an apparent suicide while being detained at a Louisiana immigration jail, ICE officials announced Wednesday. According to an internal government report obtained by BuzzFeed News, 43-year-old Roylan Hernandez Diaz was found unresponsive inside his cell at the Richwood Correctional Center in Monroe. Shortly after his body […]
The crowd at this year’s Lil WeezyAna Fest took off into a stampede at least two times during Meek Mill‘s set. The incidents left multiple people injured, according to the Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate. Police tell the publication that they aren’t sure what triggered the stampedes, but there is a possibility that a fight and/or gunfire was […]
