The Coast Guard suspended its search for three people following a boat collision on the Mississippi River in Saint Charles Parish. The collision happened Sunday morning near the Luling Bridge. Investigators said after the crash, the boat sank into the Mississippi River and four crew members went into the water. One person was rescued. The…
A Mississippi man is accused of stealing six head of cattle from a Tangipahoa Parish livestock sale barn. 23 YO Colson K. Lambert of Bogue Chitto, Ms., was arrested by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF). Lambert is charged with six counts of theft of livestock. LDAF received a complaint from a public…
Judge Grace Bennett Gasaway announced says that beginning today through February 28th, the City Court of Hammond will hold a forgiveness program for individuals with outstanding warrants. During this period, the Court will allow defendants with outstanding warrants to pay their charges without fear of arrest. If you appear in person during the amnesty period…
Joshua Brewer, a 28-year-old Slidell man who had been working as a long-term substitute teacher at Slidell High School, was booked into St. Tammany Parish Jail last week on one count of carnal knowledge of a juvenile. A St. Tammany public schools spokesperson said that Brewer is no longer employed by the system and that…
The Mississippi River had to be closed near Destrehan after a towboat, pushing a pair of barges loaded with sulfuric acid, collided with an upbound towboat. The collision caused the loaded towboat to sink and its barges to break free. One of the barges sustained damage and caused the release of sulfuric acid vapor into…
Late last week the Hammond Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, assisted by the HPD Street Crimes Unit and the Amite Police Department, arrested Leroy Johnson III in connection to burglaries that occurred at Wendy’s on Southwest Railroad Avenue. Johnson was located at his residence on Dogwood Drive in Amite hiding from officers inside an air…
Earlier this week members of the Hammond Police Department Street Crimes unit, along with the Louisiana Attorney General’s Fugitive Task Force apprehended 36 YO Finney A Riley, of Mount Hermon, on a charge of Attempted First Degree Murder. Franklinton Police Department issued the warrant on Riley on January 20, and through hard work and diligent…
Stennis Space Center is at the center of the space exploration world with this month’s delivery and installation of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket’s first core stage to Stennis Space Center for a milestone Green Run test series prior to its Artemis I flight. The Green Run testing will be the first top-to-bottom integrated testing…
Federal authorities say 29 YO Luccas Eastman, of Mandeville, illegally imported drugs designed for men with performance issues and sold them to bodybuilders on the Northshore. According to authorities, Eastman imported mislabeled generic versions of drugs from Chinese companies which he sold to members of the bodybuilding community in the Slidell/Mandeville area. Eastman pleaded guilty…
Below is a letter from NASA Stennis Space Center Director Rick Gilbrech. It highlights progress in NASA’s development of the new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the agency’s Artemis to send the first woman and next man to the Moon by 2024, setting the stage for an eventual journey to Mars. Gilbrech notes the…