11-12-21
MORGAN CITY POLICE ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP TO CAPTURE A SHOOTING SUSPECT THEY CONSIDER ARMED AND DANGEROUS. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY, WHO MANAGED TO ESCAPE FROM THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER IN LAFAYETTE, IS BACK IN CUSTODY. ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JATERRIUS BROWN CLIMBED OVER A FENCE AT THE CENTER AND FLED ON FOOT. THE CENTER IS LOCATED NEAR THE AIRPORT. POLICE DID NOT GIVE DETAILS ON WHERE BROWN WAS FOUND.
CALCASIEU PARISH VOTERS WILL DECIDE TOMORROW WHETHER TO RENEW A TEN YEAR TAX THAT FUNDS THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT. THE TAX PROVIDES ABOUT SIXTEEN MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FOR THE DEPARTMENT. SHERIFF TONY MANCUSO SAYS IT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO HIS DEPARTMENT IF VOTERS DID NOT RENEW IT. HE SAYS IT HELPS WITH SALARIES AND BENEFITS FOR DEPUTIES, AS WELL AS FUNDING GENERAL OPERATIONS AND YOUTH PROGRAMS.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES HAS ANNOUNCED THEY HAVE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER FOR THE EXPANDED CHILD TAX CREDIT. THE DEADLINE IS NOW MONDAY, NOVEMBER FIFTEENTH. THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN EXPANDED THE ANNUAL CHILD TAX CREDIT FROM TWO THOUSAND TO THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR CHILDREN THAT ARE SIX AND OVER AND UP TO THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FOR CHILDREN UNDER SIX. FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO THE WEBSITE, D-C-F-S-DOT-LOUISIANA-DOT-GOV.
DOZENS OF PEOPLE GATHERED IN NEW IBERIA LAST NIGHT FOR A PRAYER VIGIL TO SUPPORT A MOTHER WHO LOST TWO SONS TO GUN VIOLENCE. THE MOST RECENT WAS THIRTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD DOMINIQUE LEWIS, WHO WAS FOUND SHOT IN HIS HOME ON SATURDAY NIGHT, AND POLICE HAVE ARRESTED HIS FRIEND, ANTHONY LOSTON. THE MOTHER, CINDY LEWIS, ALSO LOST A TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD SON, DANTE LEWIS, WHOSE MURDER IS STILL UNSOLVED, FOUR YEARS LATER. CINDY SAYS THE LOSS OF ANOTHER CHILD HAS TAKEN A TOLL OF LIFE OUT OF HER AND SHE URGED EVERYONE TO STOP THE VIOLENCE.
A NINE-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO WAS HIT BY A STRAY BULLET IS BACK HOME AND DOING WELL. YESTERDAY A’KAYLEN BEALE GOT TO GO PLAY AT THE PARK. HER MOTHER, KATHERINE BOB, SAYS THE UNFORTUNATE THING IS SHE IS NOT COMFORTABLE GOING BACK TO HER GRANDMOTHER’S APARTMENT BECAUSE SHE WAS HIT BY THE BULLET SHORTLY AFTER ENTERING THE APARTMENT. POLICE HAVE STILL NOT MADE AN ARREST IN THE SHOOTING.
A HOUSTON MAN WAS KILLED IN A MULTIVEHICLE WRECK ON THE EXIT EIGHTY BRIDGE IN CROWLEY. POLICE CHIEF JIMMY BROUSSARD SAYS THE DRIVER OF AN EASTBOUND VEHICLE HIT HIS BRAKES AND SKIDDED INTO A GUARDRAIL. HE SAYS THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD LEON LAMARCUS HORHN, DRIVING AN EIGHTEEN-WHEELER, TRIED TO AVOID THE VEHICLE, ENDING UP IN THE WESTBOUND LANES, WHERE HE WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER TRUCK AND DIED ON IMPACT. IT TOOK SEVERAL HOURS TO CLEAN UP AND TRAFFIC ON THE WESTBOUND LANES BACKED UP ALL THE WAY PAST DUSON.
U-L Lafayette has announced an extension service to tell policy makers and people in industry and government about ways to reduce two major greenhouse gases — carbon dioxide and methane. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette says its C1 Extension Service is also a resource for information, including training and ways to mitigate impacts on existing jobs. The service is part of the school’s Energy Institute of Louisiana. Institute executive director Mark Zappi calls the extension service a “bridge between science and application.”
