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1-22-16

CONVICTED SERIAL KILLER DEREK TODD LEE DIED THURSDAY MORNING AT A BATON ROUGE HOSPITAL.  JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.

 

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THE CALCASIEU PARISH POLICE JURY UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED REZONING ACADIAN ACRES IN SULPHUR FOR R-V’S.  IT ALLOWS THE OWNERS OF ACADIAN ACRES TO TRANSITION EMPTY LOTS INTO SLOTS FOR R-V’S TO HOUSE TEMPORARY WORKERS.  THE OWNERS, MIKE AND OLEN CLARK, ASSURED RESIDENTS THERE THAT THEY WILL NOT BE KICKED OUT.  HOWEVER, IF ALL THE EMPTY LOTS ARE USED AND MORE ARE NEEDED, THEY MAY ASK SOME RESIDENTS TO LEAVE.

 

A RETIRED OPELOUSAS POLICE DETECTIVE ADMITTED IN COURT THAT THE CASE FILE FOR A HIT-AND-RUN CRASH SIX YEARS AGO IS MISSING, INCLUDING TAPED INTERVIEWS WITH THE SUSPECT.  DONALD YOUNG WAS TESTIFYING IN THE CASE OF 24-YEAR-OLD DEONTA WARE, WHO IS ACCUSED OF INTENTIONALLY RUNNING OVER AND KILLING TYRELL JENKINS, WHO WAS 17 AT THE TIME.  RETIRED DETECTIVE DONALD YOUNG TOLD JURORS WHAT HE REMEMBERED OF HIS INTERVIEW WITH WARE.  HE SAYS THAT AFTER HE RETIRED, THE CASE WAS ASSIGNED TO ANOTHER DETECTIVE, AND THERE’S NO PAPERWORK TO SHOW WHAT HAPPENED TO IT AFTER HE LEFT.

 

Louisiana’s new governor is in the nation’s capital, for the state congressional delegation’s annual Washington Mardi Gras festivities.  Gov. John Bel Edwards left Louisiana on Wednesday and is expected to return Sunday.  The Democratic governor, sworn into office on Jan. 11, was scheduled to meet Thursday with federal health officials to discuss the governor’s plan to expand Louisiana’s Medicaid program to cover an additional 300,000 people or more.  Today, he has a meeting planned with U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to talk about Louisiana’s requests for federal highway aid.

 

TWO LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH COUNCILMEN ARE TALKING ABOUT REVISING REGULATIONS THAT BAN ANY NEW BARS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.  COUNCILMEN PATRICK LEWIS AND BRUCE CONQUE SUBMITTED A RESOLUTION THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED AT TUESDAY’S MEETING.  THE PROPOSAL WOULD ALLOW NEW BARS DOWNTOWN IF THEY MET CERTAIN REGULATIONS AND RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM THE ZONING COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL.  THE BAN ON NEW BARS WENT INTO EFFECT IN 2003 BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF CLUBS OPENING ON JEFFERSON STREET.

 

SOME CHURCHES IN CALCASIEU PARISH ARE TRYING TO HELP THEIR MEMBERS GET HEALTHIER THROUGH A PROGRAM CALLED KISS, KEEP IT SIMPLE SAINTS.  PARTICIPANTS IN THE TEN WEEK PROGRAM EXERCISE AS A GROUP TWICE A WEEK, AND ATTEND NUTRITION CLASSES WITH A REGISTERED DIETICIAN FROM THE L-S-U AGCENTER.  THE PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY AT THRONE OF GRACE FELLOWSHIP THROUGH MARCH.  NEXT IT WILL BE HELD AT VICTORY WORSHIP IN SULPHUR.

 

FRANKLIN POLICE HAVE MADE A TOTAL OF SIX ARRESTS IN A HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND PROSTITUTION INVESTIGATION.  THE LATEST WAS 17-YEAR-OLD VANDIMERE WILLIS, WHO HAD TWO ALLEGED ENCOUNTERS WITH A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL.  THE GIRL HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM HER HOME WHILE HER MOM WAS AT WORK.  WILLIS HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CARNAL KNOWLEDGE OF A JUVENILE.

 

Applications are being accepted for the state program that provides private school tuition vouchers for some students.  The program provides government tuition money for students from low- or moderate-income Louisiana families if those students otherwise would attend low-performing public schools. Those meeting the income eligibility requirements and currently attending a school that has a state performance grade of C, D or F can apply.  The deadline is Feb. 26.