12-16-21
THERE ARE NEW DEVELOPMENTS ON THE USE OF RACIAL SLURS AT THE HOME OF LAFAYETTE JUDGE MICHELLE ODINET’S HOME. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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AN IOTA MAN WAS KILLED IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH YESTERDAY MORNING IN ACADIA PARISH. THOMAS GOSSEN OF THE STATE POLICE SAYS FORTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD JERRY J. MENOU (MEE new), WHO WAS DRIVING A CHEVY MALIBU, WAS TURNING ON TO L-A NINETY-EIGHT FROM A PRIVATE DRIVE AND WAS HIT BY A FORD F-ONE-FIFTY. MENOU, WHO WASN’T WEARING A SEAT BELT, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. GOSSEN SAYS THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER IN THE FORD PICKUP WERE NOT HARMED.
A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD MOSS BLUFF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTER AUTHORITIES WERE NOTIFIED OF A POSSIBLE THREAT. KAYLA VINCENT OF THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS SCHOOL PERSONNEL FOUND CONTRABAND ON THE STUDENT. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER ON CHARGES OF TERRORIZING, POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES, AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. THE CALCASIEU PARISH SCHOOL BOARD SAYS BULLETS WERE CONFISCATED FROM A STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL BUT THERE WAS NO DANGER TO STUDENTS OR STAFF.
Attorney General Jeff Landry is seeking to block Gov. John Bel Edwards’ plans to add the COVID-19 vaccine to Louisiana’s immunization schedule for schools and colleges. Wednesday’s lawsuit from the GOP attorney general and Bossier City Republican Rep. Raymond Crews came a day after the Democratic governor notified House lawmakers that he’s going against their wishes to enact the rule. The rule will mandate some students get the vaccination for the 2022-23 school year or file paperwork to opt out of the requirement. Landry argues that Edwards’ action is an unconstitutional infringement on the Legislature’s authority to write laws.
THE FAMILY OF A LAFAYETTE MAN WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED ON JUNE SIXTH FEARS THE INVESTIGATION WILL BECOME A COLD CASE. THIRTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD HAROLD CARMOUCHE WAS SHOT WHILE DRIVING ON I-TEN NEAR CROWLEY AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO ARRESTS SINCE. HIS SISTER, LENA LEWIS, IS ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO CALL AUTHORITIES. SHE SAYS SHE FEELS STUCK SINCE THE MURDER AND SAYS THE FAMILY NEEDS AN ARREST TO MOVE FORWARD.
SAINT MARTINVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A DRIVE BY SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has added eight states to the 19 where students receiving Medicaid coverage will be automatically added to the program offering free or reduced-price school lunches. Louisiana is one of the eight states, according to a news release Tuesday. The department says this expands demonstration projects that have certified more than 1 million students for free means and nearly 260,000 for reduced-price meals since the 2012-2013 school year. It says the 27 states now involved represent about 75% of students nationwide.
FUNERAL SERVICES ARE SCHEDULED TODAY FOR A VERMILLION PARISH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, WHO WAS KILLED IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH LAST FRIDAY. FORTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD KRISY HEBERT WAS ALSO A TEACHER AT JEFFERSON ISLAND ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN ERATH. HEBERT WAS A PASSENGER IN A VEHICLE THAT TURNED INTO THE PATH OF AN ONCOMING VEHICLE AND SHE DIED AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH. THE MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL WILL BE HELD TODAY AT NOON AT OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ERATH.
