12-13-23
IBERIA MIDDLE SCHOOL IS CLOSED TODAY SO STUDENTS AND FACULTY ARE FREE TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL SERVICE OF PRINCIPAL DINA BOURQUE. SHE WAS KILLED LAST THURSDAY WHEN A SUGAR CANE TRAILER COLLIDED WITH HER CAR. BOURQUE HAD BEEN IN THE IBERIA PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS AND WON MULTIPLE HONORS DURING HER CAREER. ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL EMILY DUPRE TELLS KATC TV THAT BOURQUE PLANNED ON RETIRING IN MAY.
LAFAYETTE POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN A SHOOTING SATURDAY NIGHT THAT TOOK THE LIFE OF THIRTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD MICHELLE TOUCHET. TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD DEONTRAE SAMPSON WAS BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH JAIL ON A CHARGE OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AS WELL AS ILLEGAL USE OF A DANGEROUS WEAPON AND FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM. TOUCHET WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES LATE SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE THREE HUNDRED BLOCK OF SAMPSON STREET. SHE WAS SHOT WHILE WALKING BACK FROM HER NEIGHBOR’S HOUSE.
THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN IDENTIFYING AN ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT. THE MAN HELD UP A CONVENIENCE STORE MONDAY MORNING AT ELEVEN, WHICH WAS LOCATED ON NELSON ROAD IN LAKE CHARLES, NEAR WEST GAUTHIER ROAD. THE SUSPECT ENTERED THE STORE WITH A GUN AND DEMANDED MONEY FROM A CLERK, AND LEFT ON FOOT WITH AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF CASH. THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS POSTED A PHOTO OF THE SUSPECT ON ITS FACEBOOK PAGE.
THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES IS WARNING HUNTERS AND OTHER OUTDOOR FOLKS TO BE AWARE OF THE AVIAN FLU. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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OPELOUSAS POLICE HAVE MADE A SECOND ARREST IN CONNECTION TO A DOUBLE HOMOCIDE. TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD SAMIJAH LEDAY AND NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD ALEXIE JOUBERT WERE PARKED IN A CAR ON INA CLAIRE DRIVE IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, WHEN THEY WERE SHOT AND KILLED. LAST MONTH, EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD SADAVION GEORGE WAS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. THE SECOND ARREST IS THIRTY-YEAR-OLD CASEY RUBIN, WHO ALSO FACES TWO COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.
RETAIL SALES IN LAFAYETTE PARISH TOTALED NEARLY SIX-POINT-THREE BILLION THROUGH SEPTEMBER. THAT’S A THREE-POINT-SEVEN PERCENT INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR AND ELEVEN PERCENT HIGHER THAN THE TOTAL FOR TWENTY-TWENTY-ONE. THAT REFLECTS THE NATIONAL INFLATION RATE FOR THAT MONTH, ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS. LEDA C-E-O AND PRESIDENT MANDI MITCHELL SAYS THEY EXPECT A STABLE HOLIDAY SEASON AND THEY FORECAST TOTAL SALES FOR THE YEAR TO REACH EIGHT-POINT-FOUR BILLION DOLLARS.
A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD STUDENT AT LAKE CHARLES CHARTER ACADEMY WAS ARRESTED FOR MAKING THREATS AT THE SCHOOL ON MONDAY. CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES LEARNED THE GIRL MADE THE THREATS IN FRONT OF A TEACHER AND OTHER STUDENTS. SHE ALLEGEDLY SAID SHE WAS GOING TO BLOW UP THE SCHOOL. THE GIRL WAS BOOKED INTO THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER ON A CHARGE OF MENACING.
THE TOWN OF CHURCH POINT IS GETTING INTO THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT WITH THEIR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARADE TONIGHT. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.
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