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Picayune man pleads guilty to possession with intent to distribute 13 grams of fentanyl, officials say
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - A Picayune man pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 13 grams of fentanyl. Brandon Lamont Myers, 41, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to court records, on August 14, 2023, law enforcement officers obtained a search warrant for Myers’ residence...
Despite medical marijuana card, Mississippi man arrested on possession with intent to distribute charges. Passenger in car arrested, as well.
Despite having a medical marijuana card, a Mississippi man was arrested on charges of being in possession of drugs with the intent to distribute. Seth Ladner, 39, of Lumberton, was arrested by Pearl River County deputies, who also took into custody Misty Crowley, 36, of Hattiesburg, during a traffic stop on April 14.
Slidell man dead after driving off Highway 90 near Bridge City, state police say
A Slidell man was killed Tuesday when he drove off U.S. Highway 90 and hit a bridge near Bridge City, according to Louisiana State Police. Xavier Gonzales, 44, was driving east on Highway 90 between Nine Mile Point Road and Seven Oaks Boulevard when he drove is 2023 Chevy Bolt off the left side of the road and collided with the supports of a bridge, police said.
Hundreds of fentanyl pills hidden in WD-40 can seized in St. Tammany bust, sheriff says
A St. Tammany Parish man has been booked in connection with the possession and distribution of hundreds of pills containing fentanyl, the Sheriff's Office said. The arrest of Derrick McDowell, 24, came after a traffic stop spurred by reports the Sheriff's Office had received that he had been selling drugs in the Covington area. On April 18 near Joseph Road and La. 36, deputies stopped McDowell and found 273 "counterfeit" pills suspected of containing fentanyl, the Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
A warm and humid Friday
A ridge of high pressure over the northern Gulf will keep our temperatures high and rain chances low through the weekend. At the surface, our winds will be southeasterly for the next few days which will bring the warmth and moisture from the Gulf of Mexico into SELA, which means higher dew points and increasing cloud cover through Sunday. The winds will be getting stronger through the weekend, expect wind gusts of 25 to 35mph especially Friday through Sunday. For the first week of Jazz Fest and the Zurich Classic, expect partly to mostly cloudy, warm, humid and windy conditions with rain chances at 20% or less.
California chain Fatburger is opening its first restaurant in the New Orleans metro
Los Angeles–based fast food chain Fatburger just opened its first outpost in the New Orleans metro area, with a new restaurant at a travel station off I-59 in Pearl River. The restaurant will serve up its signature Fatburger, a ⅓ pound beef patty, that can be customized with toppings or dressed with what the chain calls “the works” — lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo, mustard, pickles, and relish — for “the full Fat experience.” Fatburger was founded in 1952 and bills itself as the “last great hamburger stand.”
Vehicle crashes into Dollar General on Robert Boulevard; no injuries reported
SLIDELL, La. (WVUE)—The Slidell Police Department is investigating an incident in which a vehicle crashed into the Dollar General store on Robert Boulevard. Preliminary findings indicate that the driver mistakenly pressed the accelerator instead of the brake. There have been no injuries reported as a result of the crash....
700 homes, 53 businesses damaged | St. Tammany denied federal aid in storm recovery
ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. — Efforts to recover in St. Tammany Parish are still underway after what the National Weather Service categorized as an EF-2 tornado hit the area on April 10. With 700 homes and 53 businesses damaged, parish officials said they did not meet the damage threshold to receive federal assistance in storm recovery.
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