12-13-22
A SHOOTING AT THE SAINT MARY PARISH COURTHOUSE MONDAY MORNING ENDED WITH A DEAD INMATE. DANIELLE JOHNSON REPORTS.
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A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD STUDENT AT SAINT THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN LAFAYETTE IS RECEIVING LOTS OF BACKLASH AFTER HE WAS HEARD ON A VIDEO, THAT’S GONE VIRAL, USING A RACIAL SLUR DURING THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FRIDAY AGAINST LAFAYETTE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.
L-C-A COACHES REGGIE WILLIAMS AND TREV FAULK REACHED OUT AND MET WITH THE STUDENT AND HIS FAMILY. WILLIAMS TELLS KLFY TV THAT THEY WANT TO USE THIS AS A TEACHABLE MOMENT IN HOPES THE STUDENT WILL EXTEND GRACE AND MERCY TO SOMEONE ELSE ONE DAY. WILLIAMS SAYS HE STANDS BY HIS MESSAGE OF FORGIVING NO MATTER WHAT IS SAID ABOUT HIM.
A COUNCIL MEETING IN THE BEAUREGARD PARISH TOWN OF MERRYVILLE WAS STANDING ROOM ONLY WITH PEOPLE UPSET THAT THE MERRYVILLE POLICE CHIEF BEGAN ENFORCING A PIT BULL BAN. NOTICES WERE SENT TO THE OWNERS OF PIT BULLS THAT THEY HAD FORTY-EIGH HOURS TO GET THEIR DOGS OUT OF TOWN. THE POLICE CHIEF, TOMMY ROBBERSON, ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS RESIGNING BUT SAID IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF THE PIT BULL ORDINANCE OR THE PEOPLE AT THE MEETING. THE COUNCIL IS EXPECTED TO TAKE UP THE ISSUE AT THEIR NEXT MEETING ON JANUARY NINTH.
AT LEAST TEN PEOPLE HAVE FALLEN ILL AFTER EATING OYSTERS IN LOUISIANA RESTAURANTS. THE OYSTERS WERE HARVESTED IN GALVESTON BAY, ACCORDING TO STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS. THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES ISSUED A RECALL OF THE OYSTERS ON FRIDAY AFTER, WHAT THEY SAY, WERE A FEW DOZEN CASES OF STOMACH ILLNESSES REPORTED. OYSTERS HARVESTED IN LOUISIANA HAVE NOT BEEN LINKED TO THE OUTBREAK.
AFTER A PRIMARY AND RUN OFF ELECTION, THE VILLAGE OF TURKEY CREEK STILL DOES NOT HAVE A NEW MAYOR. SATURDAY’S RUNOFF OFFICIALLY ENDED IN A TIE BETWEEN REPUBLICANS BERT K. CAMPBELL AND VICKI CHADDRICK, WITH BOTH RECEIVING ONE HUNDRED NINE VOTES. EVANGELINE PARISH CLERK OF COURT RANDY DESHOTEL SAYS THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE TOLD HIM THAT A SPECIAL ELECTION WILL BE HELD ON JANUARY FOURTEENTH, ONCE THE RUNOFF RESULTS ARE CERTIFIED. THE WINNER WILL REPLACE PHILLIP CAVINS, WHO RAN UNOPPOSED IN TWENTY-EIGHTEEN, TO BECOME THE STATE’S YOUNGEST MAYOR IN HISTORY AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-THREE.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH PUBLIC LIBRARY DIRECTOR, WHO WAS SCHEDULED TO LEAVE THE JOB JANUARY THIRTY-FIRST, HAS CHANGED HIS MIND. DANNY GILLANE TOLD THE ADVOCATE THERE ARE THINGS LEFT UNDONE AND HE’D LIKE TO FINISH THE WORK. GILLANE SAYS HE’D LIKE TO CONTINUE WORKING TO BUILD A LIBRARY IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF LAFAYETTE, WHERE PEDESTRIANS ARE CUT OFF FROM OTHER LIBRARIES BECAUSE OF THE EVANGELINE THRUWAY. GILLANE SAYS HE SPOKE TO SEVEN OF THE EIGHT LIBRARY BOARD OF CONTROL MEMBERS WHO AGREED TO ALLOW HIM TO STAY ON THE JOB.
NEW IBERIA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WAS PLACED ON LOCKDOWN AFTER REPORTS LATE YESTERDAY MORNING OF A GUN BROUGHT ON CAMPUS. NEW IBERIA POLICE CONDUCTED A SEARCH AND FOUND A LOADED GUN. THE IBERIA PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT SAID POLICE REMOVED A STUDENT FROM CAMPUS. POLICE WOULD NOT CONFIRM IF THE STUDENT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
A RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY BY ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ON FRAUD CHARGES AND FOR ALLEGEDLY ISSUING A WORTHLESS CHECK. SHERIFF K-P GIBSON SAYS FORTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD KERMIT LEGER JUNIOR WAS CONTRACTED TO DO RESIDENTIAL ROOF WORK LAST YEAR AND WAS PAID BY THE VICTIM, BUT LEGER NEVER COMPLETED THE WORK. GIBSON SAYS THAT SOMETIME LATER LEGER AGREED TO REFUND THE MONEY, BUT THE CHECK HE GAVE TO THE VICTIM ENDED UP BEING WORTHLESS. LEGER THEN DISAPPEARED UNTIL AUTHORITIES RECENTLY LOCATED HIM.
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