A Monterey man who shot an old black bear with a cross-bow, then dragged it away and burned it will spend 60 days in jail and pa a $10,000 civil restitution fee.
Duell Moreland, 24, pleaded guilty to killing the 14-year-old female bear near a camp at Wildsville in November.
Mayor Raymond Harris, Jr.: Wins third term at Franklin helm.
Franklin Mayor Raymond Harris Jr. won his third term to office Saturday.
Harris garnered 1,394 votes or 54.69 percent against challenger Kenny P. Scelfo Sr. with 1,155 votes or 45.31 percent of the vote.
John LeBlanc: Elected Erath mayor.
The people have decided they want to keep Vermilion Parish libraries open for another 10 years. Incumbent Kaplan mayor Kirk Champagne returns for a second term, while Erath elected John Earl LeBlanc as its new mayor.
Taxidermist-turned-chef Ben Mitchell
Ben Mitchell, the Crowley, La. taxidermist pursuing his culinary dreams on The Cooking Channel reality show “The Freshman Class,” this week will be cooking in front of a slightly different audience, fixing vittles at the most famous golf tournament in the world.
Joseph Guidry
A pair of shootings within 24 hours of each other left one man dead and two injured in Crowley over the weekend.
“We do believe that the second shooting was in retaliation for the person who was murdered Saturday night,” said Crowley Chief of Police K.P. Gibson.
