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Suspect jailed in Delhi shooting

Tue, 09/07/2021 - 4:21pm

The Delhi Police Department arrested a suspect in a recent shooting within four hours of the crime, Delhi Police Chief Roy Williams said.

He said the Richland Parish Sheriff’s Office received several 911 calls at 4:48 p.m. Aug. 29 in reference to a shooting on Andover Drive in Delhi. Delhi Police Department officers responded to the scene and witnesses told officers two victims had been transported to Richland Parish Hospital in Delhi in a personal vehicle.  

Delhi Alderman Larry Houston

Delhi Alderman Larry Houston

Delhi alderman addresses complaints

Tue, 09/07/2021 - 4:20pm

Editor’s note: Delhi Alderman Larry Houston has written the following article in response to social media posts regarding the Town of Delhi.

By Larry Houston
Alderman, Delhi District B

First of all, I do not like doing this, but I have been left no options. I don’t do social media, but several comments have been made that I’m going to address.

As this is my first term, I admit that it’s a learning experience for me as well as my fellow alderman, Ellen Oliver.

Police Report

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 2:19pm

The Rayville Police Department made the following arrests for the week of Aug. 9-15.

• Robert Kelly, 41, 29 Plumtree Drive, Rayville; no driver’s license and careless operation with an accident.

• Mickey Elmore, 32, 223 Jerald Drive, Monroe; disturbing the peace, general.

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Police Report

Tue, 08/10/2021 - 3:23pm

The Rayville Police Department made the following arrests for the week of Aug. 1-8.

• Amanda West, 33, 214 Dacron St., Rayville; disturbing the peace (general).

• Thaddeus West, 38, 214 Cotton St., Rayville; simple battery.

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The Rayville Police Department issued a total of three traffic citations this week. 

That number includes one each for speeding, no driver’s license and improper turning with an accident. 

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Former Gov. Edwin W. Edwards

Former Gov. Edwin W. Edwards

Edwin W. Edwards dead at 93

Mon, 07/12/2021 - 3:04pm

GONZALES - Former Gov. Edwin W. Edwards, who embodied Louisiana’s populist era in the late 20th century — championing the poor and ushering Black people and women into state government — died just before 7 a.m. Monday at his home in Gonzales.

The cause of death: respiratory problems that had plagued him in recent years, said Leo Honeycutt, his biographer. Friends and family surrounded his bedside.

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