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JUDGE KALISTE SALOOM JUNIOR DIED SATURDAY EVENING AT THE AGE OF 99. SALOOM WAS A LAFAYETTE CITY JUDGE FOR FOUR DECADES AND WAS CONSIDERED A HISTORIAN OF LAFAYETTE. HE WAS A LIFELONG SUPPORTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE AFTER GRADUATING AS VALEDICTORIAN OF HIS 1939 CLASS. U-L PRESIDENT JOSEPH SAVOIE SAYS SALOOM WAS A WALKING ENCYCLOPEDIA OF UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY HISTORY WHO NOT ONLY KNEW THE FACTS, BUT THE NUANCES BEHIND THE FACTS.
THE LAKE CHARLES POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOUBLING THE REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE CAPTURE OF TWO FUGITIVES. THE MEN, 23-YEAR-OLD MARUCS DEWAYNE HANDY AND 25-YEAR-OLD LEE JAMES GIBBS, BOTH OF LAKE CHARLES, WERE SUPPOSED TO TESTIFY FRIDAY REGARDING A MURDER CASE BUT NEVER SHOWED UP. THE COURT THEN ORDERED A PICK UP ORDER FOR HANDY AND A BENCH WARRANT FOR GIBBS. DEPUTY CHIEF MARK KRAUS SAYS 31-YEAR-OLD SHAMEKA MCCLAIN OF SULPHUR AND 17-YEAR-OLD DAMIEN LOUIS JUNIOR OF LAKE CHARLES WERE BOTH ARRESTED FOR HELPING HANDY AND GIBBS AVOID APPREHENSION.
AN OPELOUSAS MAN WAS KILLED IN A CRASH IN POINT COUPEE PARISH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE, 63-YEAR-OLD BILLY J. BOOKMAN WAS TRAVELING EAST ON HIGHWAY 190 APPROACHING THE WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH LINE WHEN HE WENT OFF THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK SEVERAL TREES. BOOKMAN WASN’T WEARING HIS SEATBELT AND SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES. TOXICOLOGY SAMPLES WERE TAKEN TO DETERMINE IF BOOKMAN WAS IMPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has retained outside counsel in anticipation of being sued over a former deputy chief of staff who allegedly sexually harassed another person who works for the governor. NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reports a Louisiana Division of Administration document distributed Friday confirms Vickie Crochet of the Baton Rouge law firm Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Philips, has been hired. The situation involves Johnny Anderson, who’s accused of sexual harassment. Anderson left the governor’s office last week after the allegations against him surfaced.
AFTER SEVEN SEASONS, THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE HAS DECIDED TO PART WAYS WITH HEAD FOOTBALL COACH MARK HUDSPETH. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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A DERIDDER TEENAGER WAS KILLED IN A SATURDAY AFTERNOON CRASH IN MOSS BLUFF. 17-YEAR-OLD CLAYTON ASHWORTH WAS TRAVELING IN AN S-U-V ON NORTH PERKINS FERRY ROAD WHEN HE TRAVELED ACROSS THE CENTER LINE AND OFF THE ROADWAY, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OVERTURN. ASHWORTH, WHO WASN’T WEARING A SEAT BELT, WAS EJECTED AND PRONONUCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT IS UNKNOWN AND INVESTIGATORS CONDUCTED A TOXICOLOGY TEST TO DETERMINE IF HE WAS IMPAIRED.
THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEARCHING FOR TWO RUNAWAY JUVENILES. THEY ARE MISSING FROM THE ACADIANA MARINE INSTITUTE IN BRANCH. THEY ARE WHITE MALES, BOTH WITH BROWN HAIR AND BROWN EYES, AND THE LAST NAME OF ONE IS GARNICA AND THE OTHER IS PORTIER. THEY WERE WEARING WHITE SHIRTS AND GRAY SHORTS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THEIR WHEREABOUTS IS ASKED TO CALL THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
Louisiana’s governor is going to the state’s Supreme Court in hopes of reviving his executive order aimed at protecting the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in state government. Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, issued an order in April 2016 banning discrimination in state government and state contracts based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry challenged the order. A state district judge and a state appeal court have agreed that the order was an unconstitutional attempt to expand state law.
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