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1-17-20

A SHOOTING SUSPECT IS DEAD FOLLOWING A NEARLY FIVE HOUR STANDOFF WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT IN LAFAYETTE YESTERDAY.  MEGAN KELLY REPORTS.

 

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Louisiana State Police say a driver, going the wrong way on I-ten in Calcasieu Parish, caused a four-vehicle wreck that killed an 83-year-old man. A news release says the crash that killed Gabriel Prejean of Vinton on Wednesday is still being investigated, and charges are pending against 76-year-old Mario De La Cruz of Anahuac, Texas. Police say a preliminary investigation found that De La Cruz’s 2011 Chevrolet pickup truck first hit a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado, then ran head-on into Prejean’s 2002 Chevrolet pickup, which hit a 2004 Lexus GS 300.

 

AN IBERIA PARISH MAN, WHO ABUSED A CHILD IN HIS CARE, WAS SENTENCED TO FORTY YEARS OF HARD LABOR.  JUDGE VINCENT BORNE GAVE 39-YEAR-OLD ORIAN AMBROSE LANDRY JUNIOR THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE. LANDRY PLED GUILTY TO SECOND DEGREE CRUELTY TO A JUVENILE FOR AN INCIDENT IN 2015 THAT LEFT A CHILD IN HIS CARE WITH FACIAL INJURIES AND BRAIN DAMAGE.  DISTRICT ATTORNEY BO DUHE SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT THIS WAS AMONG THE WORST TYPE OF OFFENSES BY ONE OF THE WORST OFFENDERS.

 

Louisiana’s statewide public school board, the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, has started its search for a new education superintendent. The long-time occupant of the job, John White, announced last week that he’s leaving in mid-March. The board hires the superintendent. Its members took their oath of office for the new term Thursday, and then agreed to form a four-member panel that will nominate candidates for superintendent, recommend minimum qualifications and outline a process for decision-making.

 

A NEW SCULPTURE OF PAUL HILLIARD WAS UNVEILED LAST NIGHT IN FRONT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA ART MUSEUM.   THE 94-YEAR-OLD PLEDGED FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN 1995 TO HELP ESTABLISH THE ART MUSEUM.  THE MUSEUM ALSO LAST NIGHT PREVIEWED AN EXHIBIT OF ART BY WINSTON CHURCHILL, WHICH WAS SELECTED BY HILLIARD.  THE EXHIBIT OPENS TO THE PUBLIC TODAY.

 

A SECOND PERSON HAS DIED FROM A TUESDAY NIGHT HOUSE FIRE IN LAKE CHARLES.  39-YEAR-OLD MARIA BOURQUE DIED FROM SMOKE INHALATION.  HER TWELVE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, SKI SMITH, WAS THE FIRST PERSON KILLED, ALSO FROM SMOKE INHALATION, AND HER ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD SON WAS ALSO HOSPITALIZED.  THE THREE WERE TRAPPED BY THE FIRE IN A HOUSE TRAILER’S MIDDLE ROOM, BUT THE MOTHER WAS ABLE TO CALL 9-1-1 AND LET FIREFIGHTERS KNOW THEY WERE TRAPPED.

 

IT’S BEEN A MONTH SINCE THE CROWLEY FIRE CHIEF RETIRED AND MAYOR TIM MONCEAUX IS STILL SEARCHING FOR A NEW CHIEF.  HE TELLS KLFY TV THAT, IN THE MEANTIME, THE FOUR DISTRICT CHIEFS ARE DIVIDING THE RESPONSIBILITIES.  HE SAYS SOME CANDIDATES HAD TO TAKE A FIRE CHIEF EXAM TO QUALIFY, WHICH WAS DONE LAST WEEK, AND THE GRADING COULD TAKE MONTHS.  MONCEAUX SAYS THERE ARE A NUMBER OF POTENTIAL CANDIDATES INSIDE THE CROWLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT HE’S ALSO LOOKING OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT.

 

THE TRADE AGREEMENT THAT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP RECENTLY SIGNED WITH CHINA OPENS THE DOOR FOR THE UNITED STATES TO SHIP RICE TO CHINA.  MEGAN KELLY HAS MORE.

 

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