State News

LPB AND BATON ROUGE ROTARY ANNOUNCE THE EIGHT WINNERS OF THE 2010 LOUISIANA YOUNG HEROES AWARDS

The eight winners of the 2010 Louisiana Young Heroes Awards were announced March 5th on LPB.

The winners were selected for their public service, courage in the face of adversity and inspiring others around them.

The awards are co-presented by LPB and the Rotary Club of Baton Rouge and underwritten by the Credit Bureau of Baton Rouge, Inc. and ExxonMobil.

CLINTON -- Arrangements are pending for Charles Shropshire, the first elected black district attorney in Louisiana. He died Sunday at age 57.

LIVINGSTON – Troopers arrested two individuals Sunday morning, March 7, on two separate traffic stops for Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana. The first traffic stop, shortly before 7:30 a.m. on Interstate 12 eastbound at LA 441, produced nearly 200 pounds of marijuana. Troopers stopped Aaron G. Major (W/M, age 38) of Concrete, WA driving a 2010 Cadillac DTS for a traffic violation. During the traffic stop, three large duffle bags were found in the trunk containing nearly 200 pounds of packaged marijuana. Troopers arrested Major and seized his vehicle.

According to reports from the Acadia Parish Sheriff Department, The Bank of Commerce and Trust Company, located on 7th Street in Mermentau, was robbed at gunpoint shortly after 10 a.m. Monday.

RUSTON -- Services will be Wednesday for former newspaper and radio station owner Clarence E. Faulk, Jr. He died March 5 at 101.

BATON ROUGE – LSU is an institution rich in history, having seen many landmark moments in its 150 years of operation, as well as paving the way for many other historical moments in Louisiana and worldwide.