No charges are expected in a hunting accident that killed an Alexandria man on Saturday.
According to the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office, John Michael Haynes, 37, was killed by a fellow hunter who mistook him for a deer.
Shortly after 7 a.m. Friday, state troopers responded to a single vehicle crash on LA Highway 342 near Brooklyn Street that claimed the life of 27-year-old Sarah Leblanc of Duson.
A cornerstone of campaigning slowly came to a troubling halt during Louisiana’s primary election season for some candidates and campaigns.
Republican Bill Cassidy held onto a slight lead over U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, Democrat, as the last 300 of 4,018 boxes were being counted from Tuesday's Louisiana primary voting.
Louisiana voters appeared to have adopted four constitutional amendments in Tuesday's primary voting and rejected nine. The fate of one remained in doubt as the last 300 of 4,018 precincts still had not reported.
Apparently accepted were Amendments 1, 2, 7 and 9.
