The driver, Malcolm Hampton, 30,of Louisiana, was arrested and bookedinto the Van Zandt County DetentionCenter for possession of marijuana.VAN ZANDT COUNTY, Texas —Thirty-eight pounds of marijuana wasseized during a traffic stop on Interstate20 on Friday.According to the Van Zandt CountySheriff’s Office, a deputy found themarijuana while searching a 2024 blackGMC pickup truck during the stop. Thedriver, Malcolm Hampton, 30, of …

Louisiana politician forecast the LSU BrianKelly buyout debacle and now has freshadviceLouisiana Public Service Commissioner FosterCampbell forecast the fate of fired LSU footballCoach Brian Kelly and the debacle of his contractbuyout before Kelly coached his first game for theschool.Campbell, who represents Shreveport and almost1 million northern Louisiana constituents, wrote anopinion piece after Kelly’s hiring in 2021 predictingLSU would rue the …

My first hint that I wanted to becomea writer began in high school. Sort oflike that first yellow bloom on a tomatoplant, my English teacher, my aunt LillianMontgomery picked up onsomething like that tiny bloomthat gave her a hint that her gangly,awkward nephew might possiblyhave an inborne ability tostring words together in a meaningfulway.I resented Aunt Lillian at firstbecause she …