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A VIGIL WAS HELD LAST NIGHT IN THE PARKING LOT OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FOR COMEAUX HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR MATTHEW CARTER, WHO IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. HE WAS SHOT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE COACHES PLAZA CONDOMINIUMS ON NORTH MEYERS DRIVE IN LAFAYETTE BY JUVENILES WHO WERE TRYING TO ROB HIM. THE TWO JUVENILES, A THIRTEEN AND FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD, WERE ARRESTED AND HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER, ARMED ROBBERY, AND CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT ARMED ROBBERY. CARTER’S CLASSMATES GATHERED TO PRAY FOR CARTER AND SOME DONATED BLOOD.
MARY WILLIAMS HAS MADE HISTORY BE BECOMING THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE TO SERVE AS A WARD THREE LAKE CHARLES DEPUTY MARSHAL. THE WARD THREE MARSHAL, VIC SALVADOR, TELLS KPLC TV THAT’S NOT WHY HE HIRED HER. HE SAYS HE WORKED WITH HER AT A FOOD PANTRY AND REALLY LIKED AND RESPECTED THE WAY SHE TREATED OTHERS AND DEALT WITH THE COMMUNITY. WILLIAMS SAYS SHE NEVER HAD A DREAM OF ACCOMPLISHING AN AFRICAN AMERICAN FIRST, BUT SHE WAS BORN AND PUT HERE TO SERVE OTHERS.
THE JEANERETTE CITY MARSHAL’S OFFICE IS SEEKING TWO MEN IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD LAST FRIDAY. NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD GEORGE BOBB THE FOURTH AND NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD MCCLELLAN MOLO ARE BOTH WANTED ON CHARGES OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER. AN ALTERCATION IS BELIEVED TO HAVE LED TO THE SHOOTING OF KENDALL THOMPSON. IT HAPPENED FRIDAY NIGHT AT SIX NEAR THE CORNER OF MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE AND GUIBERTEAUX STREET.
MORE GUNS WERE DISCOVERED IN CARRY-ON LUGGAGE AT AMERICA’S AIRPORTS IN 2019 THAN EVER BEFORE. MEGAN KELLY HAS MORE.
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LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT HAS BEEN INFORMED BY FRONTIER AIRLINES THAT THEY WILL NOT BE RETURNING TO LAFAYETTE. HERE’S MEGAN KELLY.
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THE CITY OF LAKE CHARLES IS LAUNCHING AN INITIATIVE TO PRESERVE THE STORIES OF LOCAL VETERANS. THE CITY WILL BE WORKING WITH MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY AND CPSB-TV TO BEGIN RECORDING THEIR STORIES, WHICH WILL BE PUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS SOON AS THIS SPRING AND SAVED IN THE MCNEESE ARCHIVES. MAYOR NIC HUNTER TELLS KPLC TV THEY’VE HAD THE IDEA FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. HE SAYS A WORLD WAR TWO EXHIBIT LAST YEAR FEATURING VIDEOS OF LOCAL VETERANS WAS THE FINAL PUSH TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE PROJECT.
SOUTH LOUISIANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE’S CORPORATE COLLEGE IS HOLDING A CAREER INFORMATION SESSION FOR TWO OF THEIR SHORT TERM PROGRAMS. ATTENDEES WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL TRUCK DRIVING PROGRAM AND THE POWER LINEMAN PROGRAM, AS WELL AS MEET WITH INSTRUCTORS. THEY’LL ALSO LEARN ABOUT TUITION ASSISTANCE OPTIONS. THE SESSION TAKES PLACE AT THE ACADIAN CAMPUS IN CROWLEY ON THURSDAY, JANUARY THIRTIETH, FROM SIX TO EIGHT P-M.
A medical marijuana company has big expansion plans for its Louisiana operations and is separately courting hemp farmers for an upcoming launch into CBD products. Wellcana Group is one of only two companies approved in the state to produce medical marijuana. The company is scouting locations between Baton Rouge and Lafayette for space to build a 100,000 square-foot indoor marijuana greenhouse and storage facility, according to The Advocate. The new facility would also be used as a collection center for hemp grown by local farmers for Wellcana’s planned push into CBD products.
