Coinciding with National Missing Persons Week, this week’s Crime Stoppers segment calls attention to the nearly 30,000 people reported missing in Australia every year. In South Australia alone, there are 154 outstanding missing persons cases. When someone goes missing, more than one person is lost. If you have information about a missing person, please call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. | South Australia Police

Deputies with the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office are currently investigating several incidents of criminal damage to property. The incidents are involving people firing weapons and striking residences and buildings on property owned by another. Though it is legal to shoot firearms in the unincorporated areas of our parish, it is also the responsibility of persons using firearms to assure that they are using their firearm in a safe manner. These incidents have occurred in the rural areas of our p