11-2-21
THE FAMILY OF FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD QUAWAN “BOBBY” CHARLES, WHO WAS FOUND DEAD ONE YEAR AGO IN A SUGAR CANE FIELD, HAVE FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE FAMILY THAT WAS THE LAST TO SEE HIM ALIVE. THE ATTORNEY FOR QUAWAN’S FAMILY, RON HALEY, SAYS THEY STILL HAVE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS DEATH AND THE LAWSUIT GIVES THEM THE POWER TO SUBPOENA THE OTHER FAMILY THAT HAS NEVER SPOKEN TO THEM DIRECTLY. THEY ARE ALSO SUING THE TWO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES INVOLVED IN TRYING TO FIND QUAWAN, THE SAINT MARY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND THE BALDWIN POLICE DEPARTMENT. QUAWAN’S BODY WAS NOT FOUND UNTIL THE FAMILY TURNED TO THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE, WHICH PINGED QUAWAN’S PHONE, LEADING THEM TO HIS BODY.
THE PRESS WERE GIVEN A TOUR OF THE NEW LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT TERMINAL, WHICH IS SLATED TO OPEN SOMETIME IN JANUARY. AIRPORT COMMISSION CHAIRMAN PAUL SEGURA SAYS THE AIRPORT IS NINETY-FIVE PERCENT COMPLETED. IT’S BEEN NEARLY THREE YEARS SINCE OFFICIALS BROKE GROUND ON THE NEW TERMINAL, WHICH COSTS ONE HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS. THE NEW TERMINAL IS MORE MODERN AND SPACIOUS THAN THE OLD TERMINAL WITH TWO LINES FOR THE SECURITY CHECKPOINT AND ROOM FOR A THIRD LINE, IF NECESSARY.
THE CHENNAULT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN LAKE CHARLES HAS SEVERAL PROJECTS IN PROGRESS, WHICH HELP THEM TO REMAIN AN ACTIVE DRIVER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ACCORDING TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KEVIN MELTON. HE SAYS THEY ARE CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTING A TEN THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT FACILITY THAT WILL COST FOUR MILLION DOLLARS, HELPING CHENNAULT TO BREAK INTO THE AIR CARGO INDUSTRY. OTHER PROJECTS INCLUDE A READINESS CENTER FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD AND A TWO-POINT-FIVE MILLION DOLLAR ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORATION AND DEVELOPMENT RECENTLY RECOGNIZED CHENNAULT AS THE LOUISIANA GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT OF THE YEAR.
Louisiana is continuing its coronavirus vaccine incentive program “Shot for $100” through November. More than 19,000 people have received a Visa cash card through the effort so far. The program started in August aimed at college students. Gov. John Bel Edwards expanded it in October to cover anyone newly getting vaccinated against the coronavirus.
YESTERDAY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTED ONE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE NEW CASES OF COVID-NINETEEN IN LOUISIANA AND THERE WERE EIGHT MORE DEATHS. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES REPORTED TO THE STATE AS OF MONDAY IS SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY-THOUSAND, WHILE THE DEATH COUNT IS FOURTEEN THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE. ACADIANA SAW THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-SEVEN NEW CASES AND ONE NEW DEATH SINCE FRIDAY. ACROSS THE STATE, THERE ARE TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE INDIVIDUALS HOSPITALIZED FOR COVID-NINETEEN, WHICH IS DOWN BY THIRTY-SIX FROM FRIDAY.
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A MAN IN JEANERETTE. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD WAS KILLED YESTERDAY MORNING AT AROUND FOUR
A-M IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH ON L-A SEVEN-TWENTY-THREE IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. THREE JUVENILES WERE IN A PICKUP TRUCK AND THE DRIVER FAILED TO NEGOTIATE A CURVE AND WENT OFF THE ROAD, STRIKING A DITCH ENBANKMENT. JACE JUDICE, A PASSENGER IN THE PICKUP, WHO WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT, SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES. THE DRIVER, WHO WAS BELIEVED TO NOT BE IMPAIRED, WAS CITED FOR CARELESS OPERATION, DRIVING WITH A LEARNER’S PERMIT AND NO HEADLAMPS.
A BREAUX BRIDGE MAN, WHO ALLEGEDLY STABBED HIS WIFE, WAS LOCATED BY STATE POLICE TRAVELING ON I-TEN IN CALCASIEU PARISH. SIXTY-YEAR-OLD ROBERT LEE WILLIAMS WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING AT AROUND NINE-THIRTY A-M. HE WAS EXTRADITED TO THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER, WHERE HE WAS BOOKED ON A CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER. HIS WIFE’S CONDITION AND IDENTITY HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED.
