10-21-19
ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER A SHOOTING SUNDAY NIGHT IN LAFAYETTE AND NOW POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS. MEGAN KELLY REPORTS.
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A BICYCLIST WAS STRUCK AND KILLED SATURDAY NIGHT IN CALCASIEU PARISH. AN INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE BICYCLIST, 62-YEAR-OLD CHARLES EDGAR JUNIOR OF STARKS, WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY A JEEP AS HE WAS RIDING IN THE MIDDLE OF OLD RIVER ROAD IN STARKS. DEPUTIES SAY EDGAR WAS WEARING DARK COLORED CLOTHING AND HAD NO FRONT OR REAR LIGHTS ON HIS BIKE. THEY SAYS THE CRASH OCCURRED IN AN AREA WHERE THERE WERE NO STREET LIGHTS.
A JEANERETTE WOMAN WAS KILLED IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH IN ST. MARY PARISH SATURDAY EVENING. ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE, 20-YEAR-OLD KYLAN DUPRE, DRIVING A HONDA CIVIC, FAILED TO YIELD WHEN TURNING FROM PENN ROAD ONTO HIGHWAY 182, AND WAS STRUCK BY A KIA SORRENTO. A PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE, 50-YEAR-OLD DONNA C. DUPRE, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. KYLAN DUPRE AND TWO PEOPLE IN THE OTHER VEHICLE SUFFERED MODERATE INJURIES.
A federal appeals court on Friday rejected the state of Louisiana’s request that it toss out a lawsuit challenging a broad array of Louisiana abortion regulations. But the ruling from a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit of Appeals also said abortion rights advocates lack standing to pursue many of their claims. It said a lower court judge’s ruling allowing the entire case to proceed was in error. And the panel reserved the right to reconsider its decision after the district court judge looks at each challenged regulation individually.
ENROLLMENT AT U-L LAFAYETTE IS UP SLIGHTLY OVER LAST YEAR TO 19,403. THAT’S SHORT OF THEIR GOAL OF TWENTY THOUSAND STUDENTS BY THE YEAR 2020. THE UNIVERSITY SAW A NEARLY 14 PERCENT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF GRADUATE STUDENTS. U-L ALSO HAS ITS LARGEST NUMBER OF INCOMING FRESHMEN WITH AN A-C-T SCORE OF 32 OR HIGHER.
AN ESCAPED INMATE FROM WEST FELICIANA PARISH WAS ARRESTED IN LAKE CHARLES. THE INMATE, MATTHEW GRAY, WHO WAS SERVING TIME FOR SEVERAL OFFENSES INCLUDING BURGLARY, ESCAPED FROM A WORK RELEASE DETAIL ON THURSDAY. THERE WERE RUMORS THAT HE WAS IN THE CHURCH POINT OR EUNICE AREA. CHURCH POINT POLICE RECEIVED WORD FRIDAY THAT GRAY WAS LOCATED AND APPREHENDED IN LAKE CHARLES.
OPELOUSAS POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE DRIVER OF A HIT-AND-RUN, WHO WILL BE CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER WHEN FOUND. POLICE CHIEF MARTIN MCCLENDON SAYS THEY BELIEVE THE DRIVER IS 28-YEAR-OLD LAKEISHA RIDEAU OF OPELOUSAS, WHO STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE AT THE CRESTVIEW APARTMENTS SATURDAY MORNING AT AROUND ONE. IT’S BELIEVED SHE SAW HER EX-BOYFRIEND WITH ANOTHER WOMAN AS THEY WERE RETURNING FROM A DATE AND RAMMED THE VEHICLE. MCCLENDON SAYS THE OTHER WOMAN SUFFERED FRACTURES TO HER LEG CAUSED BY A VEHICLE TIRE, AND, THOUGH SHE WILL RECOVER, SHE MAY NEVER WALK THE SAME AGAIN.
Louisiana’s budget surplus has edged up to nearly $535 million. That’s the precise number presented to the joint House and Senate budget committee Friday, after accountants confirmed the figure. Previous estimates were pegged around $500 million. Financial analysts say most of the unspent cash from the budget year that ended June 30 comes from better-than-expected personal income and business tax collections, mainly tied to federal tax changes.
