11-2-23
A BREAUX BRIDGE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY FIRED SHOTS AT A VEHICLE IN HENDERSON, HITTING THE DRIVER AND A PASSENGER. ONE OF THE TWO VICTIMS LATER DIED WHILE THE CONDITION OF THE SECOND PERSON HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. AUTHORITIES SAY TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD GAGE QUEBEDEAUX FLED AFTER THE SHOOTING TO EUNICE, WHERE HE ABANDONED HIS VEHICLE AND CARJACKED ANOTHER VEHICLE. HE EVENTUALLY RETURNED TO SAINT MARTIN PARISH, WHERE HE WAS ARRESTED BY DEPUTIES AT THE BUTTE LAROSE ATCHAFALAYA WELCOME CENTER.
A LAFAYETTE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO A SHOOTING AT A BLOCK PARTY ON OCTOBER SEVENTH. DEVIN MCZEALWAS KILLED IN THE SHOOTING, WHICH HAPPENED ON HELLEN STREET, AND TWO OTHERS WERE WOUNDED. TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD JAKYRICK CHARLES WAS ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF PRINCIPAL TO SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. LAFAYETTE POLICE ARRESTED HIM ON MONDAY WITH HELP FROM THE U-S MARSHAL SERVICE AND CHURCH POINT POLICE.
A RECORD NUMBER OF NEARLY EIGHTY-SIX HUNDRED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SCORED A THREE OR HIGHER ON THE END OF YEAR ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAM. STUDENTS WHO GET A THREE OR HIGHER ON A FIVE POINT SCALE ARE ALLOWED THE CHANCE TO EARN COLLEGE CREDIT FOR COURSES THEY TAKE IN HIGH SCHOOL. STATE SUPERINTENDENT CADE BRUMLEY SAYS THIS IS ALMOST A TWENTY PERCENT INCREASE FROM PRE-PANDEMIC SCORES, AN INDICATOR THAT STUDENTS ARE BEING SUCCESSFUL. ALSO, A RECORD NUMBER OF MORE THAN THIRTEEN THOUSAND EXAMS WERE PASSED.
THE LAKE CHARLES CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AN INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A NEW GROCERY STORE FOR NORTH LAKE CHARLES. BUCK’S MARKETPLACE WILL BE BUILT WHERE THE FORMER MAYO’S GROCERY WAS LOCATED ON PEAR STREET AND IS EXPECTED TO OPEN IN FEBRUARY. DEVELOPER MICHELLE VEAZEA (VEE zay) SAYS THE AREA IS A FOOD DESERT AND NEEDS A GROCERY STORE. SHE SAYS SHE WANT TO BRING HEALTHY FOODS TO THE COMMUNITY AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE.
A DEPUTY WITH THE EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS RESIGNED AMIDST AN INVESTIGATION BY STATE POLICE INTO THE ALLEGED ABUSE OF INMATES AT THE PARISH JAIL. CAPTAIN JOSH LAFLEUR’S RESIGNATION COMES AFTER VIDEOS SURFACED OF SEVERAL INMATES BEING PEPPER SPRAYED, SLAMMED AND PUNCHED BY DEPUTIES. KLFY TV REPORTS THAT LAFLEUR IS ONE OF THE DEPUTIES SEEN IN THE VIDEO ABUSING INMATES. A STATE POLICE SPOKEMAN SAYS THEY ARE ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING THE ALLEGED ABUSE AND VIDEOS.
THE CITY OF YOUNGSVILLE WILL BE HOSTING A WINTER WONDERLAND PARK WITH SHOPPING, ENTERTAINMENT, HOT CHOCOLATE BARS AND AN ICE-SKATING RINK. YOUNGSVILLE ON ICE WILL OPEN THE SATURDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE YOUNGSVILLE SPORTS COMPLEX AND CONTINUE THROUGH NEW YEAR’S EVE. MAYOR KEN RITTER TELLS THE ADVOCATE THEY ARE LOOKING TO CREATE A HOLIDAY DESTINATION TO GET TRAFFIC IN THE COMMUNITY AND PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. BACK IN AUGUST, THE YOUNGSVILLE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR CHRISTMAS EXPENDITURES.
The Environmental Protection Agency spent more than a year investigating whether Louisiana’s oversight of industrial air emissions discriminated against Black residents. That ended in June without Louisiana agreeing to change their practices. A draft agreement obtained by The Associated Press shows that Louisiana health officials were open to stronger rules, including looking at how new industrial plants would harm Black residents. Experts say when Louisiana challenged the EPA’s investigation in court, federal officials may have worried that a loss would threaten their civil rights enforcement power.
AUTHORITIES ARE SEARCHING FOR A WOMAN WHO WENT MISSING LAST MONTH IN NEW IBERIA AND ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP TO FIND HER. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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