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Southeastern Professor named Fulbright Scholar
Southeastern Louisiana University Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice Joshua McDermott has been selected to receive a Fulbright U.S. Scholar fellowship. He will conduct research and teach in the Sociology Department at Njala University in Bo, Sierra Leone, the country’s third largest city and largest city in the South of the country.
Woman accused in murder-suicide; 8-year-old among 3 dead
ALBANY, La. (WAFB) - Deputies said a wife shot and killed her husband along with an 8-year-old before turning the gun on herself. Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard gave an update on the apparent murder/suicide during a news conference Monday afternoon, July 1. According to Sheriff Ard, investigators believe the...
Thanks for your service overseas in preservation of our democracy
Story and photos by Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs OfficeThe Louisiana National Guard’s 1021st Vertical Engineer Construction Company said farewell to family and friends during an official deployment ceremony in Covington in May.The Covington-based unit mobilized more than 40 Guardsmen to the Central Command Area of Responsibility in support of Operations…
Leroy Lloyd Carney, Jr.
A resident of Kentwood, LA, passed away on Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at St. Helena Parish Nursing Home in Greensburg, LA. He was born October 28, 1954 in Fort Lee, Virginia and was 69 years of age. He is survived by his sister, Paula McCabe; step-father, J.R. Dunn. Preceded in death by his father, Leroy Carney, Sr.; mother, Gussie Dunn; and sister, Donna Breaux. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 9:00AM until religious services at 11:00AM on Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Services conducted by Bro. Darryl Miller. Interment Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood, LA. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.
Myra Helen Graves Dawsey
Myra Helen Graves Dawsey, 88 years old, died peacefully on Monday, June 24, 2024, at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond, LA surrounded by family. She was born on Sunday, May 3, 1936, in Bogalusa, LA to Murry Marcus and Patty B. Wilks Graves. Myra loved cooking, sewing, playing piano,...
Betty J. Perkins Valence
A resident of Amite, LA, passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 27, 2024 at her home. She was born March 29, 1951 in Marion, AL and was 73 years of age. She is survived by her daughter, Laura Foman and husband, Paul D. Fonseca; grandchildren, Jonathan Foman (Valerie), Antonio Sosa (Nicole), Shasta Dollman (Thomas), Casey Draper (Chris), and Maxwell Scott; 8 great-grandchildren; 4 sisters, Doris, Annette, Glenda, and Tina; and nieces, Anita Leonard and Janet Johnston. Preceded in death by her parents, Troy and Lessie Nell Perkins. A Celebration of Life will be scheduled at a later date. McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.
Disturbing details in affidavit from Callihan case on Loranger mother's killing, daughters' kidnapping
Daniel Callihan, indicted on murder and kidnapping charges for the death of 35-year-old Callie Brunett and abduction of her daughters Erin and Jalie, is now charged in federal court in New Orleans for kidnapping.
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