11-25-19
TWO MEN HAVE BEEN INDICTED IN CONNECTION WITH A DEADLY SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED IN LAFAYETTE BACK IN JULY. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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A LAKE CHARLES MAN WAS KILLED IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT SATURDAY EVENING AT AROUND SIX. LAKE CHARLES POLICE SAY BOB ALLEN GOODYEAR JUNIOR LOST CONTROL OF HIS MOTORCYCLE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WEST PRIEN LAKE ROAD AND HOLLY HILL ROAD. HE WENT OFF THE ROAD BUT MANAGED TO GET BACK ON THE ROAD AND REARENDED AN S-U-V. GOODYEAR WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE LATER DIED.
A WORK RELEASE INMATE FROM EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH ESCAPED FROM A WORK SITE OFF OF HIGHLAND ROAD EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. 27-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH JAMES FUSELIER IS FROM MAMOU. FUSELIER WAS SERVING TIME FOR A SIMPLE BURGLARY BUT NOW FACES AN ARREST WARRANT FOR SIMPLE ESCAPE. IF YOU KNOW FUSELIER’S LOCATION, YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL 9-1-1.
AFTER BEING CLOSED FOR SEVERAL DAYS DUE TO A STATEWIDE CYBERATTACK LAST WEEK, THE LOUISIANA OFFICE OF MOTOR VEHICLE IS BEING REOPENED TODAY. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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TWO LAFAYETTE PARISH CITIES RANKED IN THE TOP TEN SAFEST CITIES IN LOUISIANA, ACCORDING TO HOMESNACKS, A GEOGRAPHICAL RANKINGS WEBSITE, WHICH USED DATA AND SCIENCE TO COMPILE THE LIST. ADDIS IN WEST BATON ROUGE IS CONSIDERED THE SAFEST CITY BUT COMING IN SECOND IS YOUNGSVILLE, WHILE SCOTT IS RANKED FIFTH. JENNINGS WAS ON THE LIST AT SEVEN AND DERIDDER IS CONSIDERED THE NINTH SAFEST CITY IN LOUISIANA.
LAKE CHARLES POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A HOMOCIDE THAT HAPPENED SUNDAY MORNING. POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE 23-HUNDRED BLOCK OF LEGION STREET AT AROUND NINE A-M, WHERE THEY FOUND A MAN SUFFERING FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE LATER DIED. THE ARE NO OTHER DETAILS AT THIS TIME.
Opelousas will celebrate its tricentennial in 2020 and the community is being asked to participate. KATC-TV reports that residents will be able to contribute to the creation of a new mural designed to celebrate the city’s 300 year anniversary. The collaborative mural is part of the Celebrate Opelousas 300 activities. Once it’s complete, a digital print will be used for the official poster.
Health officials say a second person in Louisiana has died of a vaping-related lung injury. It’s the second such death in the state this week. The state’s first one was reported Monday, and the second Friday. The Louisiana Department of Health says on its website that 32 people in Louisiana have been diagnosed with the ailment since August.
