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Police have arrested a suspect in connection with a series of burglaries in Delhi.

Moses S. Montgomery, 24, of 227 Fifth St., Delhi, was arrested July 20 and charged with four counts of burglary. He was booked into the Richland Parish Detention Center without bond.

Richland Parish Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Terry Thompson said Montgomery had confessed to those four burglaries and further investigations are continuing.

Five Delhi residents have been arrested on drug charges, following a three-month investigation by the Richland Parish Sheriff’s Office.

Richland Parish Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Terry Thompson said the investigation was headed up by narcotics investigators Joel Williams and Brandon Fleming. Following their investigation, warrants were issued and deputies are now in the process of rounding up the suspects.

Arrested and booked into the Richland Parish Detention Center were:

• Roderick Cleveland, 29, of Chicago St., Delhi, distribution of cocaine, $75,000 bond;

The Louisiana Sales Tax Holiday will be held Aug. 6-7.

The tax holiday provides an exemption from state sales tax on the first $2,500 of the purchase price of most individual items of tangible personal property for non-business use. The state sales tax is payable on the portion of the purchase price of any individual item in excess of $2,500.

The holiday will apply to the 4 percent state sales tax, but will not apply to the sales taxes levied by parishes, municipalities, school boards, and other political subdivisions of the state.

Ten juveniles were arrested after a sheriff’s deputy caught them attempting to vandalize the Delhi Municipal Golf Course.

“Deputy Roy Williams drove up at the golf course about 7 p.m. July 19 and found 10 juveniles vandalizing the property,” Richland Parish Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Terry Thompson said.

The ten juveniles ranged from 10 to 15 years of age. When Williams arrived, they had already done between $1,500 and $2,000 worth of damage to the facility. Thompson said they damaged two golf carts and three storage buildings.

The fungal disease panicle blight is affecting Louisiana rice as farmers in the southern end of the state are gearing up for harvest, according to Johnny Saichuk, LSU AgCenter rice specialist.

Saichuk said at a recent northeast Louisiana rice field day July 14 in Rayville that conditions have been ideal for panicle blight with hot nighttime temperatures when the rice plants were flowering. He said the problem is not isolated to Louisiana.

“Rice in Texas is getting nailed,” he said.

The Town of Rayville will add a new well to its water system thanks to a Louisiana Community Development Block Grant.

Rayville Mayor Harry Lewis said the LDCBG grant will provide the town with $796,000 to plan and create the well.

“This is going to be a good thing for us because it will allow us to find a source of better quality water and hopefully improve the quality of water in the town,” Lewis said.

Lewis said Sen. Francis Thompson and Rep. Bubba Chaney were instrumental in getting the $796,000 grant for the town so that the system could be improved without using town funds.