10-23-25
A LAFAYETTE MAN WAS FORMALLY INDICTED BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY FOR ALLEGEDLY BEING INVOLVED IN THE OCTOBER TWENTY-TWENTY-THREE HAMAS ATTACK ON ISRAEL. MAHMOUD AL-MUHTADI PLED NOT GUILTY TO CONSPIRING TO SUPPORT A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW PROFESSOR SANDRA THOMPSON TELLS KADN TV THE CHARGE CARRIES A PUNISHMENT OF UP TO LIFE IN PRISON. AUTHORITIES SAY AL-MUHTADI TRAINED WITH A HAMAS MILITARY GROUP BEFORE ENTERING THE U-S ON A FAKE VISA.
A CHURCH POINT MAN FACES ONE HUNDRED FIFTY COUNTS OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY UNDER THE AGE OF THIRTEEN. NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD NATHAN LEVY (LEE vee) WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE ACADIA PARISH JAIL AND HIS BOND HAS BEEN SET AT ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. LEVY’S ARREST WAS THE RESULT OF A JOINT INVESTIGATION INVOLVING THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE, THE LOUISIANA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION CYBER UNIT, THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN AND HOMELAND SECURITY.
A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE BEGINS TODAY TO ADDRESS HOW AND WHEN YOU VOTE. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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THE BLEACHERS AT THE SAM HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL GYM IN MOSS BLUFF WERE FILLED WITH STUDENTS ATTENDING A FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES EVENT CALLED FIELDS OF FAITH. STUDENT NATALIE GEORGE TELLS KLFY TV THEY HAVE BEEN PLANNING THE NIGHT FOR A LONG TIME. THEIR GOAL IS THAT EVERY PERSON WHO WALKS THROUGH THE DOOR HEARS ABOUT JESUS AND WHO HE IS. THOUSANDS OF SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE PARTNER WITH THE FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES INCLUDING THIRTY-SIX SCHOOLS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.
KADN TV IS REPORTING THAT A PLANE THAT CRASHED IN LAFAYETTE PARISH WEDNESDAY MAY HAVE RUN OUT OF FUEL. THE CRASH HAPPENED IN A FIELD NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF VATICAN AND THREE PEOPLE FROM TEXAS WERE KILLED. SCOTT FIRE CHIEF CHAD SONNIER SAYS THERE WAS NO FUEL ON THE GROUND AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH AND AVIATION EXPERT ROBERT KATZ NOTED THE ABSENCE OF AN EXPLOSION OR FIRE AT THE SCENE. A WITNESS TOLD KADN TV THAT THE PROPELLORS ON THE PLANE WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY AS IF THE WIND WAS FORCING THEM TO MOVE.
GUEYDAN HIGH SCHOOL OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THE CANCELLATION OF FRIDAY NIGHT’S FOOTBALL GAME AGAINST WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN. PRINCIPAL PHILLIP FREEMAN TELLS KADN TV THAT SEVERAL PLAYERS ARE INJURED AND A COUPLE ARE SICK, LEAVING ONLY SIX HIGH SCHOOL AND EIGHT JUNIOR HIGH PLAYERS REMAINING TO PLAY. FREEMAN CALLED THE CANCELLATION DISAPPOINTING BUT SAYS STUDENT SAFETY AND HEALTH ARE THE TOP PRIORITIES. THE GAME NEXT WEEK AGAINST VERMILLION CATHOLIC WILL GO ON AS SCHEDULED.
GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY HAS ANNOUNCED THAT SNAP RECIPIENTS WILL RECEIVE NO NEW BENEFITS ON THEIR CARDS STARTING ON NOVEMBER FIRST. HE BLAMED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. LANDRY SAYS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PAYS FOR THE BENEFITS AND THE STATE GOVERNMENT ADMINISTERS THE PROGRAM. MORE THAN SIXTEEN PERCEENT OF THE POPULATION IN LOUISIANA RECEIVES SNAP BENEFITS.
THE VERMILLION PARISH SCHOOL BOARD HELD THEIR ANNUALCOLLEGE AND CAREER FAIR YESTERDAY. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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