1-31-22
A VIGIL IS PLANNED THIS WEEK IN DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE FOR LAFAYETTE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER FRED PREJEAN. LAST THURSDAY, PREJEAN DIED AT THE AGE OF SEVENTY-SIX. HE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF MOVE THE MINDSET, A CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP THAT BROUGHT PRESSURE TO REMOVE THE STATUE OF CONFEDERATE GENERAL ALFRED MOUTON. THE LOCATION WHERE THE STATUE WAS WILL BE THE SITE OF THE VIGIL, WHICH TAKES PLACE THURSDAY NIGHT AT SIX.
A FALSE SOCIAL MEDIA POST CREATED A STIR IN LAWTELL. SOMEONE SHARED A PHOTO OF A TIGER ON A ROADWAY AND CLAIMED THEY SPOTTED IT ON HIGHWAY ONE-NINETY NEAR LAWTELL. IT WAS SHARED HUNDREDS OF TIMES AND SOME CALLED NINE-ONE-ONE OUT OF CONCERN. DEPUTY CHIEF EDDIE THIBODEAUX OF THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THEY ARE PRETTY SURE THE PHOTO IS OF A TIGER IN INDIA, AND HE ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SHARE, POST AND READ.
Officials in a southwest Louisiana parish have announced a new task force to fight human trafficking. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso said in a news release that the group’s mission is to identify, investigate, and prosecute people responsible for human trafficking while providing quality social services to victims. The sheriff says the government agencies and nonprofit organizations in the task force want to make sure people in the area know how to identify victims. They also want victims to know about all the help available.
STATE LEGISLATORS CONVENE IN BATON ROUGE TOMORROW TO WORK ON ADJUSTING DISTRICT LINES TO REFLECT THE NEW CENSUS FIGURES. THEY HAVE UNTIL FEBRUARY TWENTIETH TO FINISH, THOUGH THEY HOPE TO COMPLETE THE TASK BY SATURDAY. THERE IS TALK ABOUT SPLITTING THE STATE SENATE DISTRICT THAT INCLUDES SAINT MARTIN AND IBERIA PARISHES, WHICH HAS UPSET RESIDENTS AND LEADERS IN THOSE PARISHES. FORMER STATE SENATOR TROY HEBERT, WHO IS CONSIDERING RUNNING AGAIN, HAS PAID FOR AN AD THAT SAYS THE POWERS THAT BE ARE CONSIDERING MOVING SAINT MARTIN PARISH IN WITH LAFAYETTE PARISH WHILE IBERIA PARISH GETS GROUPED WITH SAINT MARY PARISH.
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING OF A MALE VICTIM JUST BEFORE TWO-THIRTY SUNDAY MORNING IN THE THREE HUNDRED BLOCK OF EAST VERMILLION STREET. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE VICTIM WAS SITTING IN HIS PARKED VEHICLE WHEN AN UNKNOWN SUSPECT CAME UP AND BEGAN SHOOTING AT THE VEHICLE, HITTING THE VICTIM MULTIPLE TIMES. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE-THREATENING WOUNDS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL LAFAYETTE CRIME STOPPERS AT TWO-THREE-TWO-TIPS.
A JUVENILE WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK IN CONNECTION WITH SHOOTINGS THAT HAPPENED AT THE KATHY APARTMENTS IN CROWLEY ON SUNDAY JANUARY TWENTY-THIRD. A PERSON ON FOOT SHOT AT A PASSING VEHICLE AT AROUND SEVEN P-M THAT DAY AND AT AROUND ELEVEN THAT NIGHT PEOPLE SHOT AT A BUILDING IN THE COMPLEX. THE JUVENILE WAS ARRESTED LAST MONDAY ON TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AS WELL AS OTHER CHARGES. BECAUSE HE WAS A JUVENILE, HE WAS RELEASED TO HIS FAMILY AFTER BEING BOOKED.
Nearly 2,000 households that survived Hurricanes Laura and Delta in Louisiana are getting more time in FEMA-provided housing as they complete the final steps of their recovery. The original end for the temporary housing program was scheduled for Feb. 28. The American Press reports an extension may give occupants until October 31 to complete their housing plan. As of part of the extension, beginning on March 1, occupants will be charged an income-related monthly rent though it could be far below fair market rates for comparable properties.
A POLICE OFFICER HAD TO BE DETAINED FOR ALLEGEDLY CAUSING A COMMOTION AT AN EVANGELINE PARISH CONVENIENCE STORE OVER THE WEEKEND. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.
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