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North Carolina defeats Louisiana to win Little League Softball World Series
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GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) – The Little League Softball World Series has come to an end with the North Carolina Region as the champions.
It was a quiet start to the championship game Sunday between the Pitt County Girls Softball League, representing the North Carolina Region, and Sterlington Little League, representing the Southwest, with no runs on the board in the first four innings.
At the bottom of 5th, Candance Lynn got the Pitt County girls rolling with a big hit, getting them a 1-0 lead.
They were able to hold this lead through the top of the 6th, clutching the championship title.
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Missing St. Francisville man last seen Friday, State Police say
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Louisiana State Police have issued a Silver Alert for a St. Francisville man who was reported missing over the weekend.
William “Butch” Kerr, 81, was last seen on Friday at his home on Pine Street, according to a news release. He was discovered missing around 2 p.m. Sunday.
Kerr is described as a White man with gray hair and blue eyes. He is about 6 feet tall and weighs 195 pounds. In the release, State Police said Kerr “suffers from a medical condition that may impair his judgement.”
Kerr is believed to be driving a 2019 gray Chevrolet Equinox with Louisiana license plate 716FSI and a front license plate that says “Butch” on it. State Police said he is possibly traveling to the Woodville, Mississippi area.
Anyone with information regarding Kerr’s whereabouts is asked to immediately contact the St. Francisville Police Department at 225-784-3136 or dial 911. All questions should be directed to the St. Francisville Police Department.
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Louisiana ranks low in the nation in heart health. See the data.
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Louisiana ranks 43rd in the nation for cardiovascular diseases with 11.5% of adults in the state reporting being told by a professional that they had angina or coronary heart disease, a heart attack or myocardial infarction, or a stroke, according to data from United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings.
The top states for cardiovascular health are Utah, Colorado and California with prevalence percentages below 7.2%. The bottom states, with averages above 13.1% are Alabama, Arkansas and West Virginia.
Both Louisiana and the national average for cardiovascular diseases increased from 2021 to 2022. Louisiana increased from 10.2% in 2021 to 11.5% in 2022. The national average increased from 8.0% in 2021 to 9.1% in 2022.
United Health Foundation’s ‘America’s Health Rankings’ combines data from public-use data sets like the U.S. Census, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
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Missing South Florida girl, 8, found safe in Louisiana in midst of ongoing custody battle between parents
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MIAMI — An eight-year-old girl who was reported missing out of South Florida on Friday night has been found in Louisiana amid an ongoing custody battle between her parents.
Police shared in an Instagram post on Saturday afternoon that Liah Meza, from Homestead — a city about 40 miles south of Miami — is now safe with her father Christian Meza.
“We appreciate the community’s vigilance and swift action in helping to locate her,” the agency said. “Thank you to everyone who shared the alert and remained on the lookout. Your support made a difference.”
According to the initial report sent out by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Meza was last seen near the 40th block of NW 1st Ave. in Homestead and believed to be in the company of the girl’s mother Yailen Roche and the mother’s boyfriend Geovany Maresma-Burcet, both 38.
FDLE reported that the trio was traveling to Lafayette, Louisiana in a 2021 white Honda Pilot.
However, Roche and Maresma-Burcet reached out to CBS News Miami before police provided an update because they claimed that Meza was not missing but rather on vacation with them in Louisiana. Roche said they woke up surprised on Saturday morning when they found pictures of them on the news.
“We got in contact with our lawyers,” she told CBS News Miami. “They’re in the process of checking what’s happening because I have not gotten any notification of any… and they’re checking everything to put everything in place.”
CBS News Miami also reached out to Dina Shehata-Hujber, the lawyer for Meza’s father, who said “[Meza] is on her way home to Florida.”
Shehata-Hujber added in a statement that there is ongoing litigation related to the child, saying that there was a court order issued on Thursday, ordering law enforcement “to locate and return the child to Florida and placing her in dad’s sole custody until further order of the court.”
No further details related to Meza’s disappearance and finding were released at this time.
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