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11-27-19

LAFAYETTE POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE OF A POSSIBLE SHOOTING LATE LAST NIGHT.  CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.

 

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SOME RESIDENTS OF LAKE ARTHUR SAY THEY ARE SEEING WILD BOARS IN THE TOWN LIMITS.  JASMINE DAVIS TELLS KATC TV THAT THEY ARE COMING OUT AT NIGHT, TEARING UP PEOPLE’S LAWNS.  THERE ARE REPORTS THAT THE FERAL HOGS ARE CAUSING WRECKAGE AT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING WEST END PARK.  MAYOR SHERRY CROCHET SAYS THEY ARE TRYING TO CONFIRM THAT THE DAMAGE IS FROM HOGS AND THE POLICE CHIEF HAS REACHED OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES.

 

A CHURCH POINT FAMILY IS HOMELESS AFTER THE CITY TORE DOWN THEIR MOBILE HOME.  RENEE GUILLORY SAYS SHE WAS WARNED A FEW TIMES BY THE TOWN’S ADMINISTRATION TO REPLACE SOME BROKEN WINDOWS AND A DILAPIDATED DOOR, WHICH SHE PLANNED TO DO, BUT SHE WAS SHOCKED WHEN THE TRAILER WAS DEMOLISHED.  MAYOR SPANKY MECHE SAYS THEY TORE DOWN THE TRAILER AT THE DIRECTION OF THE LAND OWNER, WHO PAID FOR THE DUMPSTERS AND CLEANUP.  HE SAYS THAT HE OFFERED TO PUT THE FAMILY ON A LIST WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO FIND AN AFFORDABLE PLACE FOR THEM BUT THEY DECLINED.

 

YESTERDAY THE SUPREME COURT ANNOUNCED THEY WOULD HEAR ORAL ARGUMENTS FOR JUNE MEDICAL SERVICES VERSUS GEE.  CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.

 

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LAST WEEKEND THE BAND DIRECTOR FOR LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL WAS INDUCTED INTO THE LOUISIANA MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME.  SCOTTY WALKER TELLS THE ADVOCATE THAT HE WAS HUMBLED BY THE HONOR.  HE HAS SPENT 27 YEARS AS THE BAND DIRECTOR AT LAFAYETTE HIGH, BRINGING STABILITY TO A PROGRAM THAT HAD FOUR DIFFERENT BAND DIRECTORS IN FIVE YEARS BEFORE HE CAME.  HIS ASSISTANT, AUSTIN TAYLOR, SAYS WALKER’S PASSION IS CONTAGIOUS AS HE GIVES ONE HUNDRED PERCENT TO WHAT HE’S DOING.

 

A search is underway to fill the vacant head volleyball coach’s position at McNeese State.  The university’s director of athletics, Bruce Hemphill, announced last week that McNeese will not renew the contract of current coach, Ashleigh Fitzgerald. Hemphill thanked Fitzgerald for her service but said the university feels it is time to move the program in a new direction.  Fitzgerald compiled an 80-109 record in six seasons at the helm, including a 42-54 Southland Conference record.

 

 

VERMILLION PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARE SEARCHING FOR A JUVENILE WHO ESCAPED THEIR CUSTODY AT THE HOSPITAL.  THE SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD WAS HAD BEEN TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL FOR A MEDICAL CHECKUP.  HE’S FIVE-EIGHT AND ONE HUNDRED SIXTY POUNDS WITH BROWN HAIR AND BROWN EYES AND WAS WEARING A BLUE T-SHIRT WITH BLUE JEANS.  THE JUVENILE WAS FACING CHARGES OF UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A MOVEABLE, SIMPLE BURGLARY, AND INTIMIDATION OF A WITNESS.

 

THE STATEWIDE CLICK IT OR TICKET CAMPAIGN IS UNDERWAY.  CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS THE DETAILS.

 

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