(Editor’s Note: An arrest does not indicate whether a person is guilty of the crime with which they have been charged. A person is not considered guilty until they are convicted of a crime in a court of law.)
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in Alabama say they have filed criminal charges against a woman who confessed to fabricating a story that she was kidnapped after stopping to check on a toddler she saw walking on the side of the interstate. She has been charged with misdemeanor false reporting to law enforcement and falsely reporting an incident. Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis announced the charges against Carlee Russell at a news conference Friday. The 25-year-old Russell disappeared after calling 911 on July 13 to report a toddler wandering beside a stretch of interstate. She returned home two days later and told police she had been abducted and forced into a vehicle. Her attorney later said she made the story up.
Edwina M. “Rennie” (Davis) McIntire, age 80, of Upperstrasburg, Pa., passed away July 26, 2023, at home surrounded by her family. She was born August 31, 1942 in Bruceville, Md. to the late Earl Edward and Clara Mae “Tally” (Porter) Davis.
LAKE ARTHUR — Funeral services for Dorothy Mae Charles, 84, of Lake Arthur will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 29 at Antioch Baptist Church, 625 Iowa Avenue in Lake Arthur with Pastor Reverend Emerson Baty, Sr., officiating. Visitation will be in the church from 9 a.m. until the time of service at 11 a.m. Internment will be in the Lakeview Cemetery in Lake Arthur under the direction of Semien-Lewis Mortuary of Jennings.
Paul Byrd was an LSU All-American and he pitched over 14 years in Major League Baseball, a career that has landed him in the Class of 2023 of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.