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THE FAMILY OF A VICTIM OF A HOMOCIDE ARE PLEADING WITH HIS KILLER TO COME FORWARD. DANIELLE JOHNSON HAS MORE.
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SOME LAFAYETTE RESIDENTS ARE EXPRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT THE HOMELESS MOVING INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. COUNCILMAN GLENN LAZARD, WHO LIVES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATED NEAR LOUISIANA AVENUE AND WILLOW STREET, WHICH IS NEAR FOUR SCHOOLS, TELLS KLFY TV THAT HE’S BEEN IN FREQUENT CONTACT WITH RESIDENTS AND OFFICIALS AT CATHOLIC CHARITIES TO FIND THE BEST SOLUTION. CATHOLIC CHARITIES RECEIVED A THREE MILLION DOLLAR FEDERAL GRANT TO RENOVATE, EXPAND AND UPGRADE THE SAINT JOSEPH SHLETER AND THE SAINT MICHAEL CENTER FOR VETERANS, BOTH ON SAINT JOHN STREET. HOWEVER, CONSTRUCTION IS NOT SET TO BEGIN UNTIL THIS FALL.
A MAN ACCUSED OF SETTING TWO MOBILE HOMES ON FIRE WAS ARRESTED. FORTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD RODNEY HILL OF LAKE CHARLES ALLEGEDLY SET THE FIRES ONE WEEK AGO THAT WERE LOCATED ON HIGHWAY THREE-NINETY-SEVEN. ONE OF THE MOBILE HOMES HAD TWO PEOPLE IN IT BUT NOBODY WAS INJURED. BY THE TIME FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO THE FIRES, ONE OF THE MOBILE HOME FIRES HAD BURNED OUT WHILE A RESIDENT, WHO ESCAPED A MOBILE HOME FIRE, PUT IT OUT WITH A HOSE.
COMEAUX HIGH SCHOOL WAS EVACUATED YESTERDAY MORNING BECAUSE OF A BOMB THREAT CALLED IN AT AROUND EIGHT-FIFTEEN. A BOMB-SNIFFING DOG WAS BROUGHT IN DURING A PROTECTIVE SWEEP AND SEARCH OF THE ENTIRE SCHOOL. NO DEVICE OR THREAT WAS LOCATED. STUDENTS WERE ESCORTED BACK TO CAMPUS AND THE SCHOOL WAS PLACED ON A SHELTER-IN-PLACE STATUS, AND NO VISITORS WERE ALLOWED TO ENTER OR LEAVE THE CAMPUS.
AN OPELOUSAS MAN TURNED HIMSELF IN AFTER AN ARREST WARRANT WAS ISSUED FOR DEFACING A CONFEDERATE MONUMENT AT THE OPELOUSAS COURTHOUSE. SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS SHOWED A TRUCK ARRIVE AT THE COURTHOUSE EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND THE SUSPECT ATTEMPTED TO PULL IT DOWN WITH A ROPE ATTACHED TO THE TRUCK. WHEN THE ATTEMPT FAILED, THE SUSPECT CAME BACK AND SPRAYED THE MONUMENT WITH BLACK PAINT. A TIP FROM SOMEONE WHO SAW A TRUCK WITH THE ROPE STILL ATTACHED LED OPELOUSAS POLICE TO ISSUE AN ARREST WARRANT FOR SIXTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD DON LEGER.
THE STRAND THEATRE IN JENNING IS CLOSED INDEFINITELY DUE TO FLOODING OVER THE HOLIDAYS. A RUSTED OUT HOT WATER HEATER CAUSED THE FLOODING AND RESTORATION CREWS PUMPED OUT OVER THREE THOUSAND GALLONS OF WATER. THEY ARE NOW WORKING TO DEHUMIDIFY THE BUILDING. EVERYTHING IN THE BUILDING IS BEING REMOVED AND THOROUGHLY CLEANED AND THEY ARE WORKING TO PREVENT MOLD FROM GROWING INSIDE.
TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND THREE CRITICALLY INJURED IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH ON HIGHWAY ONE SIXTY-SEVEN NEAR MAURICE AT AROUND ONE-THIRTY THURSDAY MORNING. STATE POLICE SAY THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD JASPER MORRISON FOSTER OF MAURICE WAS TRAVELING SOUTH AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHEN HE REAR-ENDED A CHEVY TAHOE, CAUSING BOTH VEHICLES TO LEAVE THE ROADWAY AND OVERTURN. FOSTER AND HIS PASSENGER, TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD MATTTHEW WAYNE LANDRY OF LAFAYETTE, WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE WHILE THE THREE PEOPLE IN THE TAHOE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH CRITICAL INJURIES. NONE OF THE FIVE WERE WEARING THEIR SEATBELTS.
Former Louisiana state Rep. Raymond “La La” Lalonde, a four-term Democratic lawmaker known for his strong support of education, gambling and preserving Cajun culture, has died. He was 82. The Melancon Funeral Home says Lalonde died on Dec. 30, and funeral services are scheduled for tomorrow in Grand Coteau. The Advocate reported he passed away about a week after falling and hitting his head.
