10-19-23
A JUDGE FOUND A FORMER VERMILLION PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY GUILTY OF MULTIPLE CHARGES OF RAPE, SEXUAL BATTERY AND MOLESTATION OF A JUVENILE. THREE JUVENILE VICTIMS TESTIFIED AGAINST BRYAN KIBODEAUX, WHO NOW FACES LIFE IN PRISON WHEN HE’S SENTENCED IN DECEMBER. DISTRICT ATTORNEY DON LANDRY PRAISED THE VICTIMS FOR BRAVELY TESTIFYING. HE SAYS, AS A RESULT, KIBODEAUX WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO THIS TO ANY OTHER LITTLE GIRLS IN VERMILLION PARISH OR ANYWHERE ELSE.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH COUNCIL WILL HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING TO DECIDE NEW MILLAGE RATES AFTER LAST NIGHT’S MEETING GOT A LITTLE HEATED. DANIELLE DUNCAN HAS THE DETAILS.
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SAM HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL IN MOSS BLUFF WILL BE CLOSED THIS MONDAY. THAT’S SO STUDENTS CAN BE FREE TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL OF A CLASSMATE. SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD KAMRYN HARMON WAS KILLED OVER THE WEEKEND IN AN A-T-V ACCIDENT. CLASSES WILL RESUME AS NORMAL TUESDAY.
STATE SENATE SOURCES SAY REPUBLICAN CAMERON HENRY OF METARIE WILL BE THE NEXT SENATE PRESIDENT, WHICH IS TYPICALLY THE SECOND MOST POWERFUL ELECTED OFFICIAL IN THE STATE AFTER THE GOVERNOR. THE ADVOCATE IS REPORTING THAT GOVERNOR ELECT JEFF LANDRY HAS MADE IT KNOWN THAT HE FAVORS HENRY OVER HIS CHIEF CONTENDER, MIKE REESE OF LEESVILLE. A FORMAL VOTE WILL BE HELD IN JANUARY. HENRY IS EXPECTED TO WORK CLOSELY WITH LANDRY IN MOVING THE STATE IN A MORE CONSERVATIVE DIRECTION.
A MAMOU MAN WAS KILLED LATE TUESDAY NIGHT IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY ONE-OH-FOUR NEAR EUNICE. SIXTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD RUSSELL JOHN ARMOND SENIOR WAS TRAVELING WEST AT AROUND ELEVEN-FORTY-FIVE, WHEN HE RAN HIS HONDA SHADOW OFF THE ROAD AND INTO A DITCH. HE WAS EJECTED AND KILLED, DESPITE WEARING A HELMET. A TOXICOLOGY SAMPLE WAS SUBMITTED TO DETERMINE IF IMPAIRMENT WAS INVOLVED.
AN ALLEGED SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMING PRANK THAT INVOLVED THE TORTURE OF A CAT TURNED OUT TO BE A HOAX. YOUNGSVILLE POLICE CHIEF CODY LOUVIERE INVESTIGATED A SOCIAL MEDIA POST AND FOUND THE VIDEO CAME FROM JULY OF TWENTY-TWENTY AND FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY, POSSIBLY VIETNAM. LOUVIERRE SAYS THIS KIND OF HOAX IS HORRIBLE, UPSETTING PEOPLE FOR NO REASON.
THE WAY TRAINING CENTER IN CROWLEY IS LOOKING TO BUY THE FORMER JENNINGS GUEST HOUSE ON SOUTH LOUISE STREET AND REZONE IT. DIRECTOR GERARD MORGAN TELLS KPLC TV THAT, IF ALL GOES AS PLANNED, THEY WILL REDEVELOP IT AND BRING IT BACK UP TO CODE. THE WAY PROVIDES HOUSING AND CHRIST-CENTERED, BIBLICALLY BASED TRAINING FOR MEN THAT HELPS THEM TRANSITION BACK INTO SOCIETY. MAYOR HENRY GUINN SAYS MANY THINGS WILL BE FACTORED INTO DETERMINING IF SUCH A FACILITY COULD BE LOCATED IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
A SAINT MARTIN PARISH COUNCIL RACE HAS OFFICIALLY ENDED IN A TIE. REPUBLICANS BYRON FUSELIER AND HOYT LOUVIERE BOTH RECEIVED EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY-NINE VOTES IN LAST SATURDAY’S ELECTION FOR THE DISTRICT ONE OFFICE. OFFICIALS WITH THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH CLERK OF COURT’S OFFICE SAY NEITHER CANDIDATE REQUESTED A RECOUNT SO THE ELECTION WAS CERTIFIED. THE TWO WILL FACE OFF AGAIN IN THE NOVEMBER EIGHTEENTH GENERAL ELECTION.
