Devin Johnson
A woman thought she was doing a good deed Sunday by giving a stranger $10 because he described his hardships and asked her for money. He thanked her by showing her a holstered firearm and threatening to shoot her if she did not step away from the car.
A decline in the price of oil, in concert with other factors like sluggish individual income tax collections and the use of one-time money, has already prompted midyear budget cuts in Louisiana and pushed next year’s anticipated budget shortfall to $1.4 billion.
Karen Duhon
A Morgan City investment company is alleging that multiple people may have stolen up to $30 million from the company in a case, possibly dating to the 1980s, that is “all about money, sex and drugs,” according to a company spokesman.
Since forming in 2009, there are probably a great deal of dogs running around Acadiana that have Second Chance Paws to thank for their lives.
Juvenile whooping cranes join the wild at White Lake on Monday.
Fourteen juvenile whooping cranes were released into the wild Monday at White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area (WCA) in Gueydan. The juvenile cranes join 26 adults that are part of an experimental population being monitored by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF).
