JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi company has a four-year military contract worth up to $86 million for food distribution in Mississippi and Louisiana.
LEESVILLE (AP) — A man accused of beating his parents to death has killed himself in jail, Louisiana authorities said. Robert Matthew Lombardo, 46, of Leesville died Friday, Vernon Parish Sheriff Sam Craft told The American Press.
An 18-year-old and a 17-year-old were arrested early Monday after a plan to trade a weapon ended up in a gunfight. Logan Lee Meyer, 18, of Crowley is facing an attempted second-degree murder charge and is being held in the parish jail. The 17-year-old’s name and charges were not disclosed due to age.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The pilot who died in a Feb. 2 plane crash in Louisiana had just bought a share in the aircraft, and the other man killed in the crash was his instructor, the National Transportation Safety Board reported Thursday.