10-26-22
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS STILL SEARCHING FOR A TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD FEMALE INMATE, WHO ESCAPED WHILE AT OCHSNER LAFAYETTE GENERAL FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT. DERVANISHA CARTER WAS JAILED RECENTLY FOR THE ILLEGAL DISCHARGE OF A WEAPON. AUTHORITIES DO NOT BELIEVE CARTER IS A DANGER TO HERSELF OR THE PUBLIC. CARTER HAS NECK TATOOS AND WAS WEARING AN ORANGE JUMPSUIT AND HANDCUFFS WHEN SHE ESCAPED. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS URGED TO CALL THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
A CANDIDATE FOR THE CROWLEY CITY COUNCIL, CHRISTOPHER GEORGE SENIOR, IS FACING FELONY CHARGES OF CRUELTY TO JUVENILES. GEORGE’S LEGAL TEAM SAYS THE ALLEGATIONS ARE FALSE AND STEM FROM A CUSTODY BATTLE OVER HIS TWO MINOR CHILDREN, OF WHICH HE HAS SOLE CUSTODY. GEORGE IS SEEKING TO UNSEAT CROWLEY ALDERMAN VERNON STEP MARTIN IN CROWLEY’S WARD THREE. GEORGE MAINTAINS HIS INNOCENCE BUT SAYS, ON THE ADVICE OF COUNSEL, THAT HE WILL REFRAIN FROM MAKING ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ABOUT THE “SORDID AFFAIR.”
Amid test results showing nationwide declines in reading and math scores in the wake of the pandemic, there’s a bright spot in Louisiana’s results: The state education department says Louisiana fourth graders reading scores improved, while the national average declined. Results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress — known as the “nation’s report card” — were released this week. In Louisiana, the education department reported a two-point decline in fourth-grade math; eighth-grade reading scores were about the same as in 2019; There was a six-point drop in eighth-grade math.
THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO WENT MISSING YESTERDAY. TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD TAYLOR MALLETT LEFT FOR WORK AT AROUND SIX A-M YESTERDAY BUT NEVER ARRIVED. HIS CAR AND KEYS WERE FOUND NEAR GALLEY AND JOE BREAUX ROADS IN HAYES. ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN MALLETT OR KNOWS OF HIS WHEREABOUTS IS ASKED TO CALL THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT’S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS PARTNERING WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TO OFFER GRANTS FOR SMALL PROJECTS ALONG THE EVANGELINE THRUWAY. RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS, AS WELL AS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN ENHANCING LAFAYETTE’S OLDEST NEIGHBORHOODS, CAN APPLY FOR THE GRANTS. THE GRANTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN ONE AND FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THE APPLICATION PERIOD ENDS DECEMBER FIRST. HABITAT DIRECTOR MELINDA TAYLOR SAYS THEY’VE HAD A LONG-STANDING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE L-C-G COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLANNING TEAM TO SUPPORT RESIDENT-LED REVITALIZATION EFFORTS IN LAFAYETTE’S CORE NEIGHBORHOODS.
A JEANERETTE MAN WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR THE MURDER OF A MAN, WHO WAS KILLED IN A SAINT MARY PARISH HOME IN TWENTY-FIFTEEN. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN ACADIANA ARE WARNING ABOUT A DRUG KNOWN AS KRATOM. IT’S GROWN IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF CHARLES GUILLORY SAYS IT IS BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE UNITED STATES. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE PUSHING FOR KRATOM TO BE MADE ILLEGAL IN LOUISIANA. GUILLORY SAYS THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IS CURRENTLY TRYING TO PASS LAWS ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL MAKING IT ILLEGAL TO TRANSPORT THE DRUG TO THIS COUNTRY.
A BREAUX BRIDGE WOMAN WAS KILLED IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH AT AROUND EIGHT MONDAY NIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY ONE SIXTY-SEVEN AND BOURQUE ROAD, NORTH OF MAURICE. STATE POLICE SAY TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD TYLER NICOLE GIRARD FAILED TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN AND DROVE INTO THE PATH OF A PICKUP TRUCK BEING DRIVEN SOUTH ON HIGHWAY ONE SIXTY-SEVEN. GIRARD’S VEHICLE WAS SENT ACROSS THE NORTHBOUND LANES BEFORE CRASHING INTO A SHED. GIRARD WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
