West Carroll Parish

It, it more or less, uh, uh, the way I've been explaining it to people, it's, uh, Bastrop to Bogalusa.

So it's, uh, uh, you know, Northeast Louisiana, the, the Delta, uh, East Carroll, West Carroll, Morehouse, on down, uh, through, uh, Central Louisiana, along the Mississippi River.

Uh, you know, the westernmost parishes would be Jackson and Lincoln, Winn, and Grant, Rapides, down to Avoyelles.

Then across the, more or less across the top of the boot, uh, East Louisiana, West Louisiana, St. Helena, Washington, and, uh, northern Tangipahoa.

You know, East Carroll, where Lake Providence, you know, Tallulah is in Madison area.

But when you start, you know, with West Carroll, that's a different story right there.

West Carroll, that's where Old Grove is.

That goes in that red direction.

But, yeah, when I said we were at Grambling, as I said, Grambling in a town like that, but next door at Ruston, Ruston is red.

By late 2022, the martial arts studio was struggling financially and the pressure began spilling into other parts of Crystal and Tony's life.

To help make ends meet, Tony stepped away from teaching full-time and picked up work as a local handyman and maintenance worker, while also serving as a reserve officer with the West Carroll Parish Sheriff's Office.

Crystal returned to her job at State Farm as well, but money was not the only strain in their marriage.

According to some of Crystal's friends and co-workers, Crystal had begun confiding in them that Tony was pressuring her into a lifestyle that made her deeply uncomfortable.

At 8.06 a.m., Tony told Crystal goodbye and left their home on Main Street in Oak Grove.

He told Crystal that he was going to one of his maintenance jobs and At 8.54, Tony arrived at a Bastrop residence to allegedly work on a refrigerator for a man named Darren Billings.

Around 10 a.m., he left this job and headed to the West Carroll Parish Sheriff's Department, where he had formerly worked as a reserve deputy.

He arrived there at 10.53 and stayed for less than 10 minutes.

Now, this is for 30 days, and then it may or may not be renewed depending on the overall price of diesel.

Northeast Louisiana ag consultant Justin Turner says the ever-increasing price of diesel is hurting his farmers in Morehouse, Richland, and West Carroll parishes.

Diesel prices affected me other than indirect.

Of course, I fill up with gasoline every morning to go scout the fields, but my growers are significantly impacted.

October feeder cattle up $6.75 at $330.25 a hundredweight.

consults in Morehouse, West Carroll and Richland Parishes.

He says the harvest in northeast Louisiana is going pretty good right now.

Good weather.