The Pigeon Express
The Slidell Police Department responded to an undual squirrelly situation on Tuesday last week. The situation was not funny though as the call involved an elderly man being attacked by a squirrel. Yes, you heard that correctly. “The caller stated that ‘a 78-year-old elderly man was actively being attacked by a squirrel, who was eating […]
A raccoon fell through the ceiling into a packed dining hall at Louisiana State University as students screamed and a cook tried to catch it in a basket. Freshman Danielle Gipson said everyone was standing up and looking around for a raccoon when she went into the 459 Dining Hall for dinner on last week. […]
A 4-year-old Louisiana boy died after he accidentally shot himself in the head while his mother and a friend got high in the front seat, authorities said. Jarion Walker and his younger siblings were seated in the back of their mom’s car on Saturday, January 29, when the 4-year-old fatally shot himself with a gun […]
A lightning bolt that stretched for 768 kilometres across the southern United States in 2020 is the new world record holder for the longest single flash, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The flash extended across the states of Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi on April 29, 2020, beating the previous record set on October […]
A severely corroded pipeline ruptured and spilled more than 300,000 gallons of diesel fuel just outside New Orleans after needed repairs on the line were delayed by its operator, officials said. Most of the fuel drained into two artificial ponds called “borrow pits” and thousands of fish, birds and other animals were killed, state and […]
A man and his dog died in Louisiana’s first fatal fire of 2022. The victim was not identified by name, pending official confirmation of identity, but it’s believed he is the 69-year-old tenant. The State Fire Marshal’s Office says the tenant was able to get out of the home but went back in to save […]
A child gets struck in the face by a falling bullet while watching fireworks from his backyard on New Year’s Eve. The boy’s friends and family told local television the incident happened around 10:00pm on Friday while 10-year-old Fabian Rivera was sitting on a swing set at his home in the New Orleans East area. […]
A 31-year-old man on probation in a human trafficking case is in jail again, this time for trying to recruit babysitters to treat him like a child and change his diapers, according to the Louisiana State Police. Investigators say Rutledge Deas IV of Metairie called the arrangement “alternative therapy.” Metairie is part of the New […]
A US judge is to take leave of absence after video recorded at her home captured a racial slur directed at a burglar, local media report. Judge Michelle Odinet, of Lafayette, Louisiana, said in a statement she had taken a sedative and had “zero recollection” of the incident. In the clip, voices are heard narrating […]
A Texas man fatally shot his 11-year-old daughter on Saturday in what appears to have been a hunting accident, officials said. The child was identified as Daisy Grace Lynn George, a sixth-grader in junior high school in the Hallsville Independent School District, Harrison County Sheriff’s Capt. Tyler Owen said. Harrison County is in northeastern Texas […]
One person was killed and several others were injured in a shooting at Grambling State University in Louisiana on Sunday, police said. One person died, one was hospitalized in critical condition and six suffered non-life-threatening wounds, Louisiana State Police Master Trooper Michael Reichardt said. Only one of the injured victims was a student. “At this […]
A Louisiana coroner has identified the remains found inside a 504-pound alligator as Timothy Satterlee Sr., 71, who went missing last month as he walked in floodwaters following Hurricane Ida. Satterlee was attacked by the alligator on August 30 outside his Slidell home, his wife previously told authorities. The woman saw the extent of his […]