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ABBEVILLE POLICE ARE ASKING FOR HELP TO CATCH A SUSPECT IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED ON MONDAY. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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A COALITION OF CLERGY ON THE NORTHSIDE OF LAFAYETTE ARE URGING NORTH LAFAYETTE RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN AN ECONOMIC BOYCOTT, WITH THE GOAL OF GETTING THE ATTENTION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEADERS ABOUT DISPARITIES. THE COALITION PLANS TO START THE BOYCOTT ON NOVEMBER TWENTY-FIFTH LASTING THROUGH CHRISTMAS. THEY ARE ASKING NORTHSIDE RESIDENTS TO BUY GOODS AND SERVICES IN AREAS LIKE YOUNGSVILLE, BROUSSARD AND SCOTT DURING THAT PERIOD. DOCTOR LARRY J. LLOYD TELLS KLFY TV THAT THE COALITION IS SHOWING SOLIDARITY THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ESPECIALLY IN NORTH LAFAYETTE.
THE FOOD FOR SENIORS PROGRAM IN CALCASIEU PARISH RETURNS THIS FRIDAY. THE PROGRAM BY THE CALCASIEU PARISH POLICE JURY AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES PROVIDES A BOX OF NUTRITIONAL FOOD AND NON-PERISHABLE GOODS. THERE ARE FOURTEEN DISTRIBUTION SITES THROUGHOUT THE PARISH. TO APPLY FOR THE PROGRAM, CALL 1-800-522-3333.
STARTING THIS WEEK, THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE THEIR TWO CENTS ON HOW THEY BELIEVE DISTRICTS SHOULD BE DRAWN FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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KAPLAN’S POLICE CHIEF HAS FIRED AN OFFICER AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED FOR MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE. CHIEF JOSHUA HARDY SAYS THEY RECEIVED AN ANONYMOUS TIP THAT LED TO AN INVESTIGATION AND THE ARREST OF OFFICER RYAN DOMINGUE. HARDY SAYS THEY LEARNED DOMINGUE WAS SOLICITING A JUVENILE. HE SAYS DOMINGUE HAD ONLY BEEN ON THE JOB FOR A COUPLE MONTHS BEFORE HIS TERMINATION.
THE SECOND DEGREE MURDER TRIAL OF TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD TYLER NICHOLAS BENOIT OF KAPLAN BEGAN YESTERDAY WITH JURY SELECTION. BENOIT ALLEGEDLY SHOT TO DEATH CHRISTON CHAISSON IN AUGUST OF TWENTY-SEVENTEEN IN DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE. LAFAYETTE POLICE SAY CHAISSON SAW BENOIT BEATING HIS GIRLFRIEND AND ATTEMPTED TO INTERVENE TO PROTECT THE WOMEN WHEN HE WAS SHOT TO DEATH. BENOIT’S TRIAL HAS BEEN POSTPONED NUMEROUS TIMES.
SCAMMERS HAVE BEEN FILING DAMAGE REPORTS FOLLOWING HURRICANE IDA USING OTHER PEOPLE’S ADDRESSES AND INFORMATION. MORGAN CITY POLICE HAVE RECEIVED MORE THAN TWENTY CALLS IN THE LAST FEW DAYS FROM PEOPLE WHO WERE AFFECTED. THEY RECEIVE A VISIT FROM FEMA REPRESENTATIVES TO EXAMINE THEIR HOME WHEN THE HOMEOWNER NEVER FILED A CLAIM. PATRICK BOLAND OF FEMA SAYS THAT IF YOU HAVE AN UNEXPECTED INSPECTION, CALL THE FEMA HOTLINE AT 866-720-5721 AND ALSO CALL POLICE.
A Louisiana task force is working to gather vaults and caskets disrupted from their burial sites by Hurricane Ida and rebury them. The storm came ashore on Aug. 29. Cemetery Response Task Force chairman Ryan Seidemann says members start surveying cemeteries as soon as they can after a storm to assess damage. In some cases, storm surge or flooding from heavy rain can move the vaults so far that it’s not immediately clear where they were buried.
