11-30-15
Louisiana state police say an 87-year-old man and his 84-year-old passenger died when he tried to pass another vehicle and his mid-size sedan collided head-on with a pickup truck. Master Trooper Brooks David (DAH-veed) said in a news release Sunday that driver Frederick Phillips and passenger Bonnie Phillips of Ville Platte died at the accident site. David says in an email that he doesn’t know whether they were married or otherwise related. He says the other driver, 26-year-old Elliot Leblanc of Breaux Bridge, suffered moderate injuries.
SULPHUR CELEBRATES THE CHRISTMAS SEASON WITH TWO EVENTS THIS WEEKEND: HOLIDAY HOUSE AND CHRISTMAS UNDER THE OAKS. BOTH EVENTS TAKE PLACE AT HERITAGE SQUARE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. HOLIDAY HOUSE FEATURES MORE THAN 25 SHOPS OFFERING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND GIFTS FOR SALE. CHRISTMAS UNDER THE OAKS INCLUDES CARNIVAL RIDES, LIVE MUSIC, AND FOOD, AS WELL AS A LIGHTED CHRISTMAS PARADE FRIDAY NIGHT AT SIX.
A LONGTIME U-L LAFAYETTE PROFESSOR DIED THURSDAY AT THE AGE OF 73. DR. WILLIAM RIECK WAS A PROFESSOR OF CURRICULUM AT U-L FOR 25 YEARS. HE WAS NAMED A DISTINGUISHED U-L PROFESSOR IN 2009. THE FUNERAL SERVICES FOR DR. RIECK WERE HELD YESTERDAY AT THE DELHOMME FUNERAL HOMES CHAPEL.
THINGS ARE LOOKING BETTER FOR FORMER LOUISIANA GOVERNOR EDWIN EDWARDS. JULIE DARCE EXPLAINS.
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A state appeals court has upheld the conviction of a New Iberia man for beating his girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter and then scalding her to death. Jamal Charles waived a jury trial. A district judge convicted him last year of first-degree murder in the death of Ray’neisha Edmond, and sentenced him to life in prison without parole. Judge Charles Porter also convicted Charles of second-degree cruelty to the child’s 3-year-old brother, Ray’mon Hudson.
A LARGE CROWD GATHERED AT PRIEN LAKE PARK IN LAKE CHARLES YESTERDAY TO REMEMBER BRITTANY GROSSE, WHO WAS MURDERED BY A CO-WORKER AT BIG DADDY’S SPORTS GRILLE NEARLY THREE YEARS AGO. DUSTIN PLEASANT, A WORK RELEASE INMATE, WAS ARRESTED FOR THE MURDER AND LATER COMMITTED SUICIDE. BRITTANY’S STEPFATHER AND MOTHER, DAVID AND DIANNA SLADE, SAY THEY HOPE THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE PASSES A LAW REQUIRING WORK RELEASE INMATES TO WEAR ANKLE MONITORS. THOSE IN ATTENDANCE AT YESTERDAY’S EVENT RELEASED BALLOONS IN HER MEMORY.
A ONE-POINT-7 MILLION DOLLAR RENOVATION OF THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS AT THE LAFAYETTE PARISH COURTHOURS IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN JANUARY. IT’S PHASE TWO OF A 15 MILLION DOLLAR MODERNIZATION OF THE COURTHOUSE. THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR WILL BE GETTING NEW LIGHTS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AND WIRING, ASBESTOS REMOVED AND THE RESTROOMS WILL BE MADE HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE. PROJECT MANAGER KAY RICHARD SAYS THEY TOOK BIDS ON THE PROJECT LAST WEEK, BUT HAVEN’T YET AWARDED THE CONTRACT.
Monica Kyzar has been giving back since the Christmas morning that a nurse showed up with gifts for a baby Kyzar was afraid might die after brain surgery, and for his older brother. The Daily Comet reports that she and her husband collected nearly 150 toys last year for Ochsner Hospital for Children in New Orleans, and are collecting again this year. Kyzar says Beau went into respiratory failure on Christmas Eve 2013, but she took the nurse’s arrival with presents on Christmas as a sign that he’d be fine. He’s now a healthy 2-year-old running around their house in the Lafourche Parish community of Valentine.
