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12-7-17

TWO LAFAYETTE TEENAGERS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE FATAL SHOOTING OF A COMEAUX HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ON PILLETTE ROAD TUESDAY NIGHT.  THE VICTIM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 17-YEAR-OLD DA’NI’CEA MAZE OF LAFAYETTE.  17-YEAR-OLD GABRIEL BREAUX AND 17-YEAR-OLD DEMONTE PRIER ARE NOW FACING FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGES.  EXTRA COUNSELORS HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED TO COMEAUX HIGH SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL’S REGULAR COUNSELORS WENT TO THE VICTIM’S CLASSES YESTERDAY MORNING, ACCORDING TO SCHOOL SYSTEM CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER JOE CRAIG.

 

A MOTORCYCLE GROUP FROM ELTON IS HOSTING THEIR FIRST EVER TOY DRIVE.  THE NO FEELINGZZ MOTORCYCLE CLUB WILL COLLECT TOYS FOR CHILDREN IN JEFF DAVIS, CALCASIEU AND ALLEN PARISHES.  THE TOY DRIVE WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY FROM EIGHT TO ONE AT ABRAHAM’S TENT, LOCATED AT 24-24 FRUGE STREET IN LAKE CHARLES.  THEN THEY WILL COLLECT TOYS AT THEIR CLUBHOUSE AT 21-12 MAIN STREET IN ELTON.

 

THE FAMILY OF A MAN, WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY AN EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY ON JULY SIXTH, EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION AFTER A MEETING WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY YESTERDAY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CASE WAS POSTPONED.  THE FAMILY OF 27-YEAR-OLD DEJUAN GUILLORY DEMONSTRATED OUTSIDE THE EVANGELINE PARISH COURTHOUSE WITH ABOUT THREE DOZEN SUPPORTERS, AND TOLD THE ADVOCATE THAT THEY HAVE YET TO RECEIVE ANY ANSWERS.  THE GUILLORY FAMILY SAYS THE MEETING WAS MOVED TO MONDAY AFTERNOON.  DISTRICT ATTORNEY TRENT BRIGNAC RECEIVED AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FROM THE STATE POLICE ON NOVEMBER THIRD, AND IT’S UNCLEAR IF HE WILL ANNOUNCE WHETHER OR NOT THE SHERIFF’S DEPUTY, HOLDEN LAFLEUR, WILL BE CHARGED IN THE SHOOTING.

 

Gov. John Bel Edwards is creating a seven-member study group to review Louisiana’s policies for handling sexual misconduct claims, after one of his top aides resigned amid allegations of sexual harassment.  Edwards’ executive order , released Wednesday, requires all executive branch agencies to review their own policies and submit a report on them by Jan. 1.  The task force members then are charged with combing through those policies, evaluating their effectiveness and suggesting changes. The study group owes its recommendations to Edwards by March 1.

 

THE LEGAL BATTLE CONTINUES BETWEEN THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AND FORMER SUPERINTENDENT DR. PAT COOPER.  JEFF HORCHAK HAS THE LATEST.

 

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A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD NEXT WEEK FOR A LAKE CHARLES VETERAN FROM THE KOREAN WAR, WHO HAD BEEN MISSING IN ACTION.  THE BODY OF SERGEANT KERMIT LEJEUNE WAS RECENTLY IDENTIFIED.  RAYMOND MAYLEN, WHO IS A LIAISON TO WORLD WAR TWO AND KOREAN WAR VETERANS IN THE AREA, TELLS KPLC TV THAT IT’S A BIG BREAKTHROUGH BECAUSE LEJEUNE HAD BEEN MISSING FOR ABOUT FIFTY YEARS AND NOW HIS FAMILY IS GETTING HIM BACK.  THE MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT THURSDAY AT ST. EDWARD CATHOLIC CHURCH IN RICHARD AT ELEVEN A-M.

 

A SUSPECT IN A DEADLY STABBING IN RAYNE TUESDAY NIGHT SURRENDERED TO POLICE YESTERDAY.  18-YEAR-OLD TYLER TREVAHGN FRANCIS WAS BOOKED ON ONE COUNT OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER.  THE STABBING VICTIM WAS FOUND AT THE INTERSECTION OF MERVIN KAHN AVENUE AND AMERICAN LEGION DRIVE.  SOME RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THAT AREA EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE CRIME AND POLICE CHIEF CARROLL STELLY SAYS THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE THERE.

 

LOUISIANA’S MEDICAID PROGRAM IS SPENDING AT A SLOWER PACE THAN EXPECTED FOR THE BUDGET YEAR THAT BEGAN ON JULY FIRST.  THE LATEST FORECAST SHOWS THE PROGRAM MAY END UP SPENDING AS MUCH AS 650 MILLION DOLLARS LESS THAN PROJECTED, IF EXPENDITURES CONTINUE ON THE CURRENT PACE.  IF THERE IS A SURPLUS, MOST OF IT CANNOT BE SPENT ELSEWHERE IN STATE GOVERNMENT, EXCEPT FOR THIRTY MILLION, WHICH WOULD BE A STATE GENERAL FUND SURPLUS.  THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THE PROJECTED SURPLUS IS GOOD NEWS, PUTTING TO REST FEARS THAT THE PROGRAM IS GROWING OUT OF CONTROL AND IS ALWAYS OVER BUDGET.