Louisiana
Louisiana deputy makes ‘fowl’ discovery in missing child’s backpack
A Louisiana child was found safe after being reported missing last week — along with something “fowl” in the boy’s backpack.
“Storytime!” wrote the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office in a Friday, May 31 post on its Facebook page.
“Hey folks, gather around for a wild little tale from Friday morning,” said the sheriff’s office in the post.
That morning, “a youngster decided to embark on an adventure, leaving home in search of a new life,” the office said.
“Let’s be honest, we’ve all been there at some point in our youth.”
A deputy quickly found the child, whose name, age and location were not identified by the sheriff’s office, according to the post.
“But there was an unexpected twist,” it said.
“Along for the ride, tucked away in the kid’s backpack, was none other than a rooster!”
“Yep, you read that right. Ole Foghorn here was a bit shaken up but unharmed,” said the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office.
The name is a reference to the Looney Tunes character Foghorn Leghorn.
The Facebook post included a picture of a large chicken that had been jammed into a Pokémon-themed backpack.
While this story may have seemed amusing to some people online, there was more to it, said the post.
“Now, here’s the kicker — the rooster did not belong to the kid, and we’re still scratching our heads as to how exactly he ended up with it,” the office said.
“So, we have a bit of a mystery on our hands and, well, a rooster,” said the post, adding emojis of a shrugging man and a rooster.
The office asked anyone with information about the rooster to please contact it.
The rooster, meanwhile, is apparently doing well.
“Ole Foghorn,” said the sheriff’s office, is presently “cooped up in the Witness Protection Program over at the Patterson Animal Control, but we figure he would prefer to be back home where he belongs!”
The post concluded with the hashtags “#LostAndFound,” “#RoosterMystery,” “#CommunityHelp,” “#AnyoneMissingARooster,” and “#WhatAFridayThisHasBeenAlready.”
The post was shared over 250 times, with many people expressing amusement at the absurdity of the situation — and pointing out a key detail the sheriff’s office had missed.
“Thing is it’s not a rooster, it’s a hen,” said one Facebook user, with others concurring.
“Somebody call CPS — chicken protection service,” said another.
“And how do we know the rooster and the kid were not in cahoots to leave for a better life,” joked another Facebook user.
St. Mary Parish is located in southern Louisiana.
The St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office told Fox News Digital via email that it was not sure if the chicken had been recovered over the weekend.
A state lawmaker whose district includes Iberville and nine other parishes will lead the way on the drawing of a new congressional map when the committee convenes Friday.
Sen. Caleb Kleinpeter, R-Port Allen, will chair the hearings to draw a new congressional district map. He currently serves as chairman of the U.S. Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee.
On Wednesday, Kleinpeter said he has not worked on any maps. He is letting the committee members and the members of the Senate work on this with staff.
The move will come nine days after the U.S. Supreme Court on a 6-3 vote ruled one of Louisiana’s two majority-Black U.S. House districts unconstitutional.
“We can’t base it on race anymore, so the minority party is the Democrats,” he said. “The Democrats have migrated away from the New Orléans area, so we’re looking at Democrats versus Republicans, so the minority party — the Democrats — which means it’s more favored toward Baton Rouge.”
The move would work in favor of incumbent 6th District Congressman Cleo Fields, who was a candidate for the race which Gov. Jeff Lndry suspended in the wake of the Supreme Court decision.
The ruling stemmed from Louisiana vs. Callais – a consolidation of Robinson vs. Callais – that centered on racial gerrymandering and redistricting in the state of Louisiana following the 2020 United States census. The lead plaintiff, Phillip “Bert” Callais, is a resident of Brusly.
The Supreme Court vote came despite the African American population comprising nearly one-third of the state’s population.
According to the 2020 Census, the Black or African American population in Louisiana was approximately 1,464,023,representing 31.4%of the state’s total population. Louisiana has one of the highest percentages of Black residents in the United States, ranking second behind Mississippi.
The Baton Rouge district would likely be the area to undergo the remap, he said.
It amounts to an intricate balancing act.
“What far-right Republicans don’t understand is that with Congress maps, you have to be within 776, 280 votes – within 50 votes of the other districts,” Kleinpeter said. “It’s not like our legislative maps where you can be off by thousands … when you start changing a precinct, it can run down a rabbit hole chasing this precinct over here and over there.
“We can easily draw a really strong nine Republican and one strong Democrat, so if you start watering districts down you could wind up with a 4-2 map.”
Republicans currently have a two-vote super majority vote.
“But some Republican districts are strong and others are weak,” Kleinpeter said. “If you take 58 percent Democrats and put them in Republican districts, you could end up losing Republicans.
“Drawing congress maps is very difficult – you have the leader of the party, and you have the Speaker of the House you have to protect,” he said. “You don’t want to jeopardize their maps at hole.”
One other issue is looming for the state, Kleinpeter said.
“What people don’t understand is that we will have to do this all over again in five years, after the next census comes out,” he said. “Hopefully we’ll people by that time.”
The 2030 Census will play a key role in the process, but it still requires participation.
“I had plenty of next-door neighbors who didn’t want to fill out their census” he said. “I’m going to push to fill out their census. We miss out on federal money and potentially risk losing a seat. “
Neuty, the iconic Bucktown nutria visits the state capitol, with Myra Lacoste, Denny Lacoste, Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser, Dennis Lacoste Sr., and Louisiana state Senator J. Cameron Henry Jr. Neuty was an orphan, rescued by the Lacostes. In March 2023, LDWF agents attempted to confiscate the illegal pet.
VIDALIA, La. — Louisiana State Police arrested 18-year-old Gregory Steele early Sunday morning on two counts of vehicular homicide, one count of underage operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, one count vehicular negligent injuring and one count careless operation, according to Concordia Parish Jail records.
Steele, 18, a white male, was arrested in connection with an accident that occurred at approximately 1:54 a.m. on Sunday morning on Minorca Road in Vidalia. Two passengers in the vehicle were killed. Steele and another passenger were able to escape the vehicle.
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