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10-23-18

CARENCRO POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A MURDER AFTER A MAN’S BODY WAS FOUND IN A DITCH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.  JEFF HORCHAK REPORTS.

 

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Authorities say a soldier based in Louisiana was arrested in a car with his wife’s body in the trunk, their two toddlers in the car, and his girlfriend driving.  A Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office statement says 22-year-old Logan Kyle was turned over to Army investigators at Fort Polk; 24-year-old Sarah Parker of Lake Charles was arrested on charges including failure to report a homicide; and the 1- and 2-year-old children are in state custody.  Fort Polk spokeswoman Kim Reichsling says Kyle is in custody. The sheriff’s office says deputies got a tip about a woman with a dead body in her trunk and stopped Parker’s car Sunday night.

 

A BREAUX BRIDGE MAN WAS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A FIGHT THAT BROKE OUT FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE CECILIA AND BREAUX BRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME.  MARCUS STEWARD WAS CHARGED WITH RESISTING AN OFFICER AND DISTURBING THE PEACE, AND A JUVENILE WAS ALSO CITED.  INTERIM ST. MARTIN PARISH SUPERINTENDENT ALLEN BLANCHARD TELLS KLFY TV THAT THEY’VE HAD FIGHTS BEFORE AT GAMES BUT NOT INVOLVING THIS  MANY PEOPLE IN A WHILE.  HE WILL BE MEETING WITH THE PRINCIPALS OF THE TWO SCHOOLS TODAY TO REVIEW SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND IMPLEMENT UPDATED POLICIES.

 

Early voting for the Nov. 6 election starts today across Louisiana.  Top of the ballot, voters will choose among contenders for Louisiana’s six U.S. House seats and determine who will replace Tom Schedler, the Republican secretary of state who resigned in a sexual harassment scandal.  The week-long early voting period runs through next Tuesday, except Sunday, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at parish registrar of voters’ offices and other designated locations .  If no candidate gets more than 50 percent support in a race, runoffs are scheduled Dec 8.

 

THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN CLAY HIGGINS IS SEEKING REELECTION BUT HE HAS SIX OPPONENTS.  IT APPEARS THE CANDIDATES WHO WILL GIVE HIM THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE ARE REPUBLICAN JOSH GUILLORY AND DEMOCRAT MIMI METHVIN, WHO HAVE EACH RAISED MORE THAN 200 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CAMPAIGN FUNDS.  HIGGIN’S CAMPAIGN MANAGER CHRIS COMEAUX TELLS THE ADVOCATE THEIR INTERNAL POLLING IS GREAT, SHOWING STEADY SUPPORT DURING HIS TWO YEARS IN OFFICE.  PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ENDORSED HIGGINS.

LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH COUNCIL CHAIRMAN KEVIN NAQUIN SAYS THAT HE WAS SET BACK AND VERY SHOCKED, WHEN HE LEARNED MAYOR PRESIDENT JOEL ROBIDEAUX ANNOUNCED HIS OPPOSITION LAST WEEK TO TWO PROPOSED TAXES ON THE NOVEMBER SIXTH BALLOT.  LAFAYETTE PARISH VOTERS WILL CONSIDER A 2-POINT-9-4 MILL PROPERTY TAX FOR THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER AND A TWO MILL TAX FOR DISTRICT COURT OPERATIONS.  NAQUIN TELLS THE ADVERTISER ROBIDEAUX HAD TWO YEARS TO GIVE HIS THOUGHTS AND IDEAS TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL ON THE GROWING BUDGET CRISIS, AND HE QUESTIONED WHY HE’D COME OUT AGAINST THE TAXES AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR.  ROBIDEAUX HAS SAID HE DOESN’T THINK THE ECONOMY AND TAXPAYERS SHOULD BEAR THE BURDEN AT THIS POINT.

 

Three Moss Bluff boys — ages 10, 12 and 14 — helped save their mother after their father threatened to shoot her.  The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that the man dropped the pistol while wrestling with his wife in their yard, and one boy grabbed the gun and unloaded it. Another boy went into the house, got another gun and ordered her husband to get off of her.  The statement says the man then ran into his house and the woman and boys ran to a neighbor’s, where they stayed until deputies arrived.

 

STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICIALS HAVE CERTIFIED A 45 ACRE SITE ALONG I-49 IN OPELOUSAS IN A MOVE TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRIES TO THE AREA.  A CERTIFIED SITE IS A DEVELOPMENT READY INDUSTRIAL SITE THAT HAS COMPLETED A REVIEW PROCESS BY LOUISIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND A THIRD PARTY ENGINEERING FIRM.  ST. LANDRY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BILL RODIER TELLS THE ADVOCATE THAT THE SITE, ON THE I-49 FRONTAGE ROAD SOUTH OF THE JUDSON WALSH EXIT, IS IN A VISIBLE AND ACCESSIBLE LOCATION AND HAS THE PROACTIVE SUPPORT OF AREA LEADERS.  HE SAYS HIS AGENCY IS WORKING WITH ITS PARTNERS TO BRING NEW COMPANIES TO THE SITE.