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THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT IN A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED LAST THURSDAYAT THE MEADOWS APARTMENT COMPLEX IN CROWLEY. ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD BRAYLIN LEMON OF CARENCRO BRANDISHED A FIREARM DURING A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE AND BEGAN SHOOTING MULTIPLE TIMES, STRIKING THREE PEOPLE, BEFORE FLEEING ON FOOT. LEMON IS WANTED ON THREE COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON HIS LOCATION CAN CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS, WHERE THEY ARE OFFERING UP TO A TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.
ROAD WORK ON AMBASSADOR CAFFERY BETWEEN JOHNSTON STREET AND ROBLEY DRIVE IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THIS WEEKEND. CREWS HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TO CORRECT FAULTS IN THE CONCRETE THAT OVER TIME COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO CARS. NEXT, CREWS WILL WORK ON AMBASSADOR CAFFERY UP TO THE VERMILLION RIVER, WHICH SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY AUGUST, AND FROM THE VERMILLION RIVER TO KALISTE SALOOM, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED ONE YEAR FROM NOW. DISTRICT ENGINEER ADMINISTRATOR MICHAEL DESELLE SAYS, ONCE THE FIVE-POINT-NINE MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT IS COMPLETE, DRIVERS WILL NOTICE A SMOOTHER RIDING SURFACE.
Louisiana’s two Republican U.S. senators are taking different approaches to the second impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump. U.S. Sen. John Kennedy calls the entire proceeding unconstitutional and an effort to smear those who voted to reelect Trump. U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy said he doesn’t intend to “pre-judge” the case that will be presented. Both senators voted Tuesday against moving forward with the trial, however.
A man convicted of killing a Louisiana state trooper is getting a second chance to avoid a death sentence. Kevin Daigle of Lake Charles killed Trooper Steven Vincent along L-A fourteen near Bell City in 2015. The American Press says the jury that convicted Daigle in 2019 also unanimously called for a death sentence. Now, the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s office says an agreement worked out amid numerous appeals will maintain the conviction but allow a new penalty hearing.
NEW IBERIA POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH A HOMOCIDE THAT HAPPENED SEPTEMBER FIFTH ON SOUTH LANDRY DRIVE. TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD ERIC WALKER OF HOUSTON WAS KILLED AND TWO OTHERS WOUNDED. DENZEL SCOTT WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER. ALSO NEW IBERIA POLICE ARRESTED NATHAN LIVELY FOR A SHOOTING ON DECEMBER THIRTIETH ON SAINT JUDE STREET IN WHICH TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED.
EVERY HOSPITAL SYSTEM IN LOUISIANA IS EAGERLY AWAITING A BIGGER ALLOTMENT OF THE COVID-NINETEEN VACCINE. GERALD GRUENING HAS MORE.
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LOUISIANA HAD SIXTY-TWO MORE COVID-NINETEEN DEATHS IN TODAY’S REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THERE ARE TWO THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO NEW CONFIRMED CASES, WHICH MOVES THE TOTAL OVER THREE HUNDRED FORTY-THREE THOUSAND. HOSPITALIZATIONS WERE DOWN BY TWENTY-ONE WHILE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS DECREASED BY FOURTEEN.
FOUR MORE DEATHS WERE RECORDED IN ACADIANA…TWO EACH IN LAFAYETTE AND ST. LANDRY PARISHES. CALCASIEU PARISH WAS THE ONLY PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA TO REPORT DEATHS, WHICH WAS TWO. CALCASIEU PARISH HAS MOVED ABOVE THREE HUNDRED TOTAL DEATHS. ACADIANA HAD THREE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN NEW CONFIRMED CASES, INCLUDING ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA’S TOTAL CASES ROSE BY ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE. BEAUREGARD PARISH HAD EIGHTEEN WHICH MOVED THEIR TOTAL ABOVE TWO THOUSAND FOR THE FIRST TIME.
