10-22-19
LAFAYETTE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A SUSPECT IN THE MURDER OF 22-YEAR-OLD TREVON ADAMS, WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE 800 BLOCK OF M-L-K DRIVE. 22-YEAR-OLD BRI’ANI DOUCET OF LAFAYETTE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER. ADAMS WAS DECLARED DEAD INSIDE THE VEHICLE WHERE HE WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES. SOME RESIDENTS IN THE AREA TELL KATC TV THAT SHOOTINGS ARE COMMON IN THE AREA AND THEY PRAY FOR THE DAY WHEN THE VIOLENCE STOPS.
A LAKE ARTHUR MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED, ACCUSED OF SETTING HIS GIRLFRIEND’S TRUCK ON FIRE. THE TRUCK WAS LESS THAN TEN FEET FROM A BAR ON HIGHWAY 26 THAT HAD TWO DOZEN PATRONS INSIDE AT THE TIME. AFTER INTERVIEWING WITNESSES, JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARRESTED 47-YEAR-OLD SCOTTIE ALLEMAN. HE ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED TO SETTING HIS GIRLFRIEND’S TRUCK ON FIRE AFTER AN ARGUMENT WITH HER.
ANOTHER CROWLEY CHURCH WAS VANDALIZED YESTERDAY WITH A BRICK THROWN AT A GLASS DOOR. THIS TIME IT WAS JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH. A TOTAL OF FIVE CHURCHES HAVE HAD BRICKS OR PIECES OF CONCRETE THROWN AT GLASS DOORS, INCLUDING MORNING STAR MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH AND FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE LAST WEDNESDAY. POLICE CHIEF JIMMY BROUSSARD SAYS EACH OF THE CHURCHES ARE IN AREAS OF THE CITY THAT ARE PREDOMINANTLY BLACK AND HE PLANS TO ASK FOR HELP FROM FEDERAL AUTHORITIES SINCE THESE MAY BE HATE CRIMES.
Gov. John Bel Edwards is seeking support in northwest and central Louisiana, hoping voters are still bristling over intraparty GOP fighting that targeted their local congressman. The Deep South’s only Democratic governor released a new TV ad Monday for the Monroe and Alexandria areas. The 30-second spot highlights Republican businessman Eddie Rispone’s hits on Republican U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham. The incumbent governor is hoping Abraham supporters will refuse to back Rispone because of those attacks, either choosing Edwards instead or staying home on Election Day.
Edwards and Rispone will meet in an Oct. 30 debate. The two contenders have agreed to an event planned by Louisiana Public Broadcasting and the Council for A Better Louisiana that will air statewide. The Baton Rouge debate may be the only head-to-head sparring the candidates do ahead of the Nov. 16 runoff. The race is drawing national attention from Republicans who want oust Edwards and Democrats who want to hold on to their only governorship in the Deep South.
FASHION RETAILER H&M IS OPENING A NEW STORE IN THE ACADIANA MALL ON NOVEMBER 21ST. THE SWEDISH COMPANY, WHICH OFFERS CLOTHING FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, WILL OPEN THEIR 16 THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT STORE IN THE MACY’S WING OF THE MALL. THEY AGREED TO A SEVEN YEAR LEASE WITH SEVEN TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OPTIONS. THIS WILL BE H&M’S SIXTH STORE IN LOUISIANA.
AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAFETERIA IN LAKE CHARLES WAS DAMAGED AFTER A VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN INTO IT. WHEN POLICE ARRIVED EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING, THEY FOUND A CHEVY IMPALA INSIDE THE CAFETERIA AT OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE DRIVER WAS DROPPING OFF A STUDENT AND THOUGHT THEY HAD THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE, AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP IN TIME. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE DRIVER WAS CITED FOR CARELESS OPERATION.
K-Y-A-A BALL FIELDS IN KAPLAN WERE VANDALIZED OVER THE WEEKEND. THE SEATING WAS DAMAGED AND BASES, BUILDING MATERIALS AND A ROAD SIGN WERE THROWN INTO THE DRAINAGE CANAL, DAMMING IT UP. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE INCIDENT IS ASKED TO CONTACT KAPLAN POLICE. A ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION IDENTIFYING THE VANDAL.
