10-7-22
A DEADLY CRASH IN VERMILLION PARISH INVOLVING SIX VEHICLES HAPPENED JUST BEFORE TWO-THIRTY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON L-A FOURTEEN IN KAPLAN. DANIELLE JOHNSON HAS MORE.
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THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF FORTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD KAWANNA FELIX GATHERED TOGETHER YESTERDAY TO REMEMBER HER. EARLIER THIS WEEK, FELIX WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY HER EX-HUSBAND, THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD ANDRES JAMAL FELIX, BEFORE HE TURNED THE GUN ON HIMSELF AND TOOK HIS OWN LIFE. ANDRES IS BELIEVED TO BE THE SHOOTER IN TWO OTHER HOMOCIDES EARLIER THAT DAY. KAWANNA’S FRIENDS AND FAMILY HELD A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL AND BALLOON RELEASE, REMEMBERING HER AS A VERY LOVING PERSON.
Two Louisiana parishes devastated by two hurricanes had among the highest rates of households with missing information about themselves during the 2020 census that required the U.S. Census Bureau to use a statistical technique to fill in gaps. That’s according to figures released Thursday by the agency. Allen and Calcasieu parishes were hit hard by Hurricanes Laura and Delta in the last weeks of the once-a-decade census that determines how many congressional seats each state gets. The parishes had rates of homes with missing information that required the technique ranging from 8.4% to 11.5%.
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LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL WAS PLACED ON LOCKDOWN YESTERDAY, THE SECOND TIME THIS WEEK BECAUSE OF DEATH THREATS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. LAFAYETTE POLICE SPOKESMAN MATTHEW BENOIT SAYS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AND STAFF WERE NOTIFIED OF THE THREATS AT AROUND EIGHT-THIRTY YESTERDAY MORNING AND IMMEDIATELY PLACED THE SCHOOL ON LOCKDOWN. TWO STUDENTS SUSPECTED OF MAKING THE THREATS WERE ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER FOR TERRORIZING. ONE THREAT WAS MADE YESTERDAY WHILE TWO WERE MADE ON MONDAY, WHICH LED TO THE FIRST LOCKDOWN.
SAINT MARTINVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WAS EVACUATED YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF A BOMB THREAT. THE EVACUATION HAPPENED AT TWELVE THIRTY, ACCORDING TO SAINT MARTIN PARISH SUPERINTENDENT AL BLANCHARD. POLICE SEARCHED THE BUILDING AND GAVE THE ALL-CLEAR MORE THAN AN HOUR AFTER THE EVACUATION AT ONE-FORTY. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE AT THIS TIME.
THE MAYOR OF LAKE CHARLES TOLD THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY YESTERDAY THAT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN INVESTED IN DOWNTOWN PROJECTS. NIC HUNTER SAYS NEW BUSINESSES HAVE ANNOUNCED PLANS TO JOIN THE AREA, INCLUDING A GARDEN CENTER. HUNTER SAYS A NEW ORLEANS FIRM PURCHASED THE FORMER ZEPHYR’S BUILDING WITH PLANS TO TURN IT INTO AN OFFICE AND RETAIL SPACE. THE STATE APPROVED A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING REQUEST, WHICH GRANTS THE CITY A PORTION OF THE SALES TAX AS LONG AS IT’S USED FOR PUBLIC NEEDS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
A SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE MAJOR WAS FIRED AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY FOR PERFORMING DIVES USING DEPARTMENT EQUIPMENT FOR PROFIT. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THIRTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD ELLIOT PATRICK BERTRAND ADMITTED HE TOOK DIRECT PAYMENTS FROM WRECKER DRIVERS FOR DIVES TO HELP RECOVER SUBMERGED VEHICLES. BERTRAND WAS BOOKED INTO THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH JAIL ON CHARGES OF FELONY MALFEASANCE, FELONY THEFT AND FELONY INJURING OF PUBLIC RECORDS AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS. SHERIFF BOBBY GUIDROZ SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT, IN HIS SIXTEEN YEARS AS SHERIFF, HE HAS INVESTIGATED AND ARRESTED TWENTY DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES ON CHARGES RANGING FROM MALFEASANCE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
