SHERIFF AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY
CRACK DOWN ON FENTANYL DEALERS
Hebert Receives 40-year Sentence
On Monday, April 29, 2024, Corey Hebert entered a plea of guilty in the 13th Judicial District Court Division B on the charges of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Schedule II Controlled Dangerous Substance, to wit: Fentanyl, and Possession with Intent to Distribute a Schedule I Controlled Dangerous Substance, to wit: Heroin, and received a sentence of forty (40) years hard labor. He also entered a plea of guilty to the charge of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Schedule II Controlled Dangerous Substance, to wit: Methamphetamine, and received a sentence of ten (10) years at hard labor. All charges are to run concurrent with one another and the first 5 years are to be served without benefit of parole or suspension of sentence.
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Rotary Club Meeting – 4-30-24
The program at Tuesday’s Rotary luncheon was presented by Rotarian Brent Coreil. Brent invited Silver Eagle Socials President, Rhonda Lafleur, to speak about this volunteer, non-profit organization that provides weekly lunch and games for our senior and disabled citizens. Inspired by her Great Aunt’s desire to have socials for seniors and by Rhonda’s desire to give back, she formed this organization on March 3, 2011. Rhonda presented a business plan to the Mayor of Pine Prairie in 2010 to meet at the new Community Center. The Silver Eagle Socials have been meeting every Tuesday since then from 10:00 – 1:00 for coffee, visits, exercise, book swaps, blood pressure checks, bingo, prizes and lunch. Guests attend from Mamou, Pine Prairie, Turkey Creek, Ville Platte and Oakdale. The cost for the guests is $5.00 to help cover the basic costs, and everything else is provided by voluntee
ABCHaving grown up with big music dreams, Carly Pearce knows the importance of helping young students with similar aspirations.That s why she teamed with the CMA Foundation recently to pay a surprise visit to students at Knoxville, Tennessee s Bearden Middle School."I asked [these kids] if they knew what they wanted to do when they grew up and so many of them raised their hands," Carly tells the press. "I hope that that childlike ambition and wonder stays with them, and that nobody makes them believe that they can t do what they want to do because they can."Being a child with huge, sometimes unconventional music dreams is something Carly relates to."I think for me, I felt a little bit like the odd kid out because I wanted to do music and I wanted to write songs, and I wanted to be on stage," she says, adding that it s important to encourage and nurture young talents. "I know that that changed my life as a kid, just having teachers&