1-28-19
A SECOND SUSPECT IN A SHOOTING IN BROUSSARD WAS ARRESTED SATURDAY. 21-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH JACKSON FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES INCLUDING ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND TWO COUNTS OF ROBBERY. THE FIRST SUSPECT, WHO WAS ARRESTED THURSDAY IS 19-YEAR-OLD JAYLON HARRISON. THE TWO ARE SUSPECTED OF SHOOTING A MAN WHO WAS TRYING TO SELL DRUGS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. THE MAN WAS SHOT IN THE ARM AND LEG DURING A STRUGGLE, BUT HIS WOUNDS WERE NOT LIFE-THREATENING.
A MAN SUSPECTED OF ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER TURNED HIMSELF INTO THE OAKDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT YESTERDAY MORNING. ON SATURDAY NIGHT, THE POLICE WERE INFORMED OF A GUNSHOT VICTIM BEING TREATED AT OAKDALE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL. AFTER AN INVESTIGATION, THEY DETERMINED THAT THE VICTIM’S FRIEND, 24-YEAR-OLD JAMICHAEL JACKSON, ENTERED THE VICTIM’S RESIDENCE AND SHOT HIM IN THE HEAD. THE INJURIES WERE NOT LIFE THREATENING.
THE BODY OF A MAN FOUND NEAR RAYNE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. JEFF HORCHAK REPORTS.
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Louisiana ranks among the most dangerous areas for pedestrians in a new national report. The state is listed as fourth in the nation for pedestrian fatalities in the report released by Smart Growth America. In Louisiana, 1,047 walkers were hit and killed by drivers from 2008 through 2017, an average of 2.25 for every 100,000 people. The report suggests better crosswalks, sidewalks and other infrastructure to make it safer for walkers.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS NOMINATED SIX SCHOOLS IN THE STATE TO RECEIVE THE NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOLS AWARD. ONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS IS THE EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY IN LAFAYETTE. IN THE MOST RECENT SCORES, E-C-A FINISHED THIRD OVERALL IN THE STATE WITH A SCORE OF 131-POINT-7. PRINCIPAL ALEX MELTON TELLS THE DAILY ADVERTISER THEY ARE PROUD AND EXCITED TO RECEIVE THE NOMINATION AND THE RECOGNITION FOR THEIR HARD WORK.
A FAMILY WHO LOST THEIR HOME ON LAFITTE STREET IN LAKE CHARLES FRIDAY NIGHT ARE BLAMING A MATTRESS THAT THEY RAN OVER ON THE I-210 BRIDGE. DAVID GUILLORY SAYS THEY DRUG THE MATTRESS FOR ABOUT TWO MILES BEFORE REALIZING IT, THEN STOPPED AND PUT THE MATTRESS IN THE BACK OF THEIR TRUCK TO DISPOSE OF IT LATER. ABOUT 15 MINUTES AFTER GETTING THE HOME, GARAGE WAS ON FIRE AND EVENTUALLY THE HOME WAS DESTROYED AS WELL, THOUGH EVERYBODY INSIDE GOT OUT SAFELY. GUILLORY SAYS THE FIREFIGHTERS ALSO SPOTTED SOMETHING ELSE STUCK UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK WHERE THE ENGINE IS THAT COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE FIRE.
A GROUP FIGHTING TO CONSERVE THE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN HELD A FUNDRAISER YESTERDAY AT ARTMOSPHERE. THE GROUP ATCHAFALAYA BASIN KEEPERS HAS FILED SEVERAL LAWSUITS AGAINST THE COMPANY BUILDING THE BAYOU BRIDGE PIPELINE, ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DEAN WILSON SAYS CONSTRUCTION OF PIPELINES OFTEN RESULTS IN PILES OF DIRT AND SEDIMENT IN WATERWAYS, KILLING WETLANDS. THE GROUP SAYS THEY ARE NOT ANTI-PIPELINE BUT THEY WANT COMPANIES TO BUILD IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY, PRESERVING THE BASIN FOR YEARS TO COME.
BEGINNING TODAY, LOUISIANA TAXPAYERS CAN BEGIN FILING THEIR FEDERAL AND STATE TAX RETURNS. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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