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THE CITY OF ABBEVILLE WILL SOON HAVE A NEW ENERGY PROVIDER. DANIELLE DUNCAN HAS MORE.
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LAFAYETTE POLICE HAVE MADE ANOTHER ARREST IN THE NOVEMBER MURDER OF THIRTY-YEAR-OLD KENNETH JOHNSON OF SAINT MARTINVILLE. HE WAS SHOT IN THE TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED BLOCK OF NORTHEAST EVANGELINE THRUWAY AND DIED AT THE HOSPITAL ON NOVEMBER TWENTY-SECOND. FORTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD LAMONT MARSHAL HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER, ARMED ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER. BACK IN NOVEMBER, POLICE ARRESTED ANOTHER MAN, CARROL A. STENO THE THIRD, FOR SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
A LAKE CHARLES ATTORNEY HAS AGREED TO RESIGN FROM PRACTICING LAW IN ORDER TO AVOID DISBARMENT. THE STATE SUPREME COURT ACCEPTED THE PERMANENT RESIGNATION OF BENJI J. ISTRE IN LIEU OF DISCIPLINE. ISTRE HAD FACED CHARGES OF SERIOUS ATTORNEY MISCONDUCT WHICH INCLUDED NEGLECTING CLIENT MATTERS, FAILING TO COMMUNICATE WITH CLIENTS AND NOT COOPERATING IN A DISCIPLINARY INVESTIGATION. ISTRE HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY PROHIBITED FROM PRACTICING LAW OR FOR SEEKING READMITTANCE.
A BREAUX BRIDGE MAN WAS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO THE SHOOTING OF ABREAUX BRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL PLAYER AND CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED BATTERY. KOLE HEBERT, WHO HAD SIGNED TO PLAY AT L-S-U-E ON SCHOLARSHIP, WAS PARALYZED FROM THE NECK DOWN AS A RESULT OF THE SHOOTING. SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF BECKET BREAUX SAYS THAT HEBERT AND NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD KENDRICK JAMES ALEXANDER JUNIOR WERE HANDLING A FIREARM WHEN ALEXANDER POINTED IT AT HEBERT BEFORE THE FIREARM DISCHARGED. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AT A RESIDENCE ON CLARENCE ANGELLE ROAD AFTER ONE A-M SATURDAY.
A BRAND-NEW BUILDING WILL BE GOING UP FOR OUR LADY OF WISDOM CATHOLIC CHURCH ON U-L PROPERTY NEXT TO THE EARL K. LONG GYM. FATHER BROUSSARD TELLS KLFY TV THEY HAVE OUTGROWN THEIR CURRENT BUILDING, WHICH IS ALSO IN NEED OF REPAIRS. THE LEASE ON THE CURRENT BUILDING EXPIRES IN MARCH, SO THE DIOCESE OF LAFAYETTE MADE A DEAL WITH THE UNIVERSITY THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO OWN THE PROPERTY NEXT TO THE GYM. FATHER BROUSSARD SAYS PLANNING AND FUNDRAISING IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY, BUT THEY HOPE TO BREAK GROND ON THE NEW FACILITY IN LATE SUMMER OR EARLY FALL.
THE TOWN OF LAKE ARTHUR HAS RECEIVED TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE STATE TO DEMOLISH AND CLEAN UP BLIGHTED PROPERTIES. THE TOWN HAS IDENTIFIED SEVENTY-EIGHT BLIGHTED PROPERTIES. THEY HAVE RECEIVED PERMISSION FROM TWENTY LANDOWNERS TO DEAL WITH THEM. THE DEMOLITION WILL BEGIN ONCE ALL STATE REQUIREMENTS ARE MET.
A MAN REPORTEDLY SHOT AND KILLED HIMSELF WHILE NARCOTICS AGENTS WITH THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SERVED A NARCOTICS SEARCH WARRANT. AS DEPUTIES ENTERED THE RESIDENCE ON THE EGAN HIGHWAY, THEY APPREHENDED ONE PERSON WHO TRIED TO FLEE. AUTHORITIES SAY ANOTHER PERSON WAS FOUND IN A ROOM, WHO THEN SHOT HIMSELF. THAT PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
A TWO HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION DOLLAR SOLAR FARM PROJECT IS IN THE WORKS FOR EVANGELINE PARISH. THE PROJECT BY GLOBAL ENERGY COMPANY A-E-S IS IN THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE WITH CONSTRUCTION EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN TWENTY-TWENTY-SIX. AT LEAST TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND WILL BE LEASED FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN TWENTY-TWENTY-SEVEN. THE NEW FARM WILL CREATE NEW JOBS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THE FACILITY.
