quorum causes Hammond council meeting to be canceled
A Hammond City Council special meeting scheduled for noon Friday was canceled for lack of a quorum. Only Councilman Muscarello and Correjelles could attend, prompting the cancellation and delaying discussion of a 10 percent water and sewer rate increase and a Seale meeting with Sizeler Inc relation to a court settlement over C.M. Fagan Drive.
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T. Jay Seale
Hammond Square
Sizeler Inc
Tony Liciardi
Osa Williams
LaVanner Brown
Muscarello
Jerry Correjelles
LaNita Johnson
Sizeler
Cross Burning Probe Hits Racial Motive Question
FBI and local investigators examine a cross burned in a white woman’s yard as four youths face misdemeanor charges and potential federal civil rights charges if motive is proven. Names include Shane McKenzie Patrick Slade Lindsey Danny Powell Jr and a 16 year old boy.
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FBI
Shane McKenzie
Patrick Slade Lindsey
Danny Powell Jr
Elizabeth Boyler
Boyler
Daniel Hughes
Hughes
Webster Parish
Phillip Krouse
Krouse
McKenzie
Police seek suspect in Hammond shooting case
Hammond police seek Joe Winta Davis in a fatal Jan 30 shooting of James Watts outside a Harrell Street mobile home. Davis faces a second degree murder warrant with Crimestoppers offering a $1,000 reward. Watts, a father of six, died after three shots during a Super Bowl party dispute.
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Joe “Winta” Davis
Third Ave
James Watts
Harrell Street
Hammond
Crimestoppers
Davis
Sal Mike
HPD
Watts
Mike
Lean on Me principal to speak at SLU Feb 16
Joe Clark, the New Jersey high school principal whose life inspired the film Lean On Me, will speak at Southeastern Louisiana University during Black History Month at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Theater. Admission is free and open to the public.
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SLU
New Jersey
Southeastern Louisiana University
Joe Clark
Student Union
Suspect in Harvey fire with 60 felonies released early
The man accused of starting the Harvey apartment fire that killed four children has a long rap sheet and was freed from jail under Louisiana good-time laws. Whitney Spencer, 44, faces first degree murder and aggravated arson charges after confessing to the $20 dispute arson. His record includes 60 felonies and more than seven feet of documented arrests, with prior convictions for burglary and other felonies since 1973.
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Harvey
Whitney Spencer
New
Orleans
State Corrections Department
Spencer
Jefferson Parish
Harry Lee
Brown loses gag order bid in Cascade Insurance case
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Brown failed to obtain a court change to a gag order limiting comments on allegations in a 1996 Cascade Insurance Co. liquidation case. U.S. District Judge Frank Polozola reasoned that unrestricted public remarks could threaten the fair trial rights of all defendants and the government.
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Cascade Insurance Co
U.S
Frank Polozola
Polozola
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