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TWO WOMEN WERE STRUCK AND KILLED LATE SATURDAY NIGHT BY A HIT AND RUN DRIVER ON L-A 749 IN OPELOUSAS AND A THIRD WAS INJURED. NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA TELL THE ADVOCATE THAT ONE OF THE WOMEN HAD JUST RECEIVED NEWS THAT THE BODY OF HER SON WAS FOUND AND RAN OUT ONTO THE ROADWAY IN DISTRESS TRAILED BY TWO RELATIVES TRYING TO CONSOLE HER. THE WOMEN KILLED WERE 42-YEAR-OLD KIZZY GREENE AND 41-YEAR-OLD ANGELA BROUSSARD, BOTH OF OPELOUSAS. ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP STATE POLICE IDENTIFY THE HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER IS URGED TO CALL 262-58-80.
A SIXTH PERSON IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A MAN AT THE WARD EVENT CENTER IN JENNINGS WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY. FIVE OTHERS WERE ARRESTED THURSDAY AND POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THREE OTHER SUSPECTS. THE LATEST SUSPECT ARRESTED WAS 18-YEAR-OLD DYMOND BROWN OF WELSH, WHO FACES A CHARGE OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER. 22-YEAR-OLD DAKOTA CHAISSON WAS THE VICTIM WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED AT THE WARD EVENT CENTER, WHERE A PRIVATE PARTY WAS BEING HELD WITH ABOUT ONE HUNDRED FIFTY IN ATTENDANCE.
Louisiana officials don’t yet know how many of the state’s food stamp recipients could be at risk of losing benefits because of a new Trump administration rule that will tighten the program’s work requirements. The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services says about 49,000 of the 810,000 people in Louisiana who rely on the federal food stamp program meet the definition of work-eligible adults as outlined in the federal rule change that takes effect in April. Agency officials say they still are examining the new USDA rules to determine their impact.
THE U-L RAGIN’ CAJUNS FOOTBALL TEAM HAS ACCEPTED AN INVITATION TO PLAY IN THE LENDING TREE BOWL IN MOBILE, ALABAMA. THE TEN-AND-THREE CAJUNS WILL TAKE ON THE CHAMPION OF THE MID-AMERICA CONFERENCE, MIAMI OF OHIO. THE GAME WILL BE PLAYED ON MONDAY NIGHT, JANUARY SIXTH AT SEVEN P-M. THE CAJUNS LOST THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ON SATURDAY TO APPALACHIAN STATE, WHICH IS GOING TO THE NEW ORLEANS BOWL.
TWO LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAMS ARE STATE CHAMPIONS. LAFAYETTE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY DEFEATED ST. CHARLES CATHOLIC SATURDAY FOR THE DIVISION THREE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WHILE ST. THOMAS MORE IS THE DIVISION TWO CHAMPION AFTER WINNING OVER DE LA SALLE FRIDAY NIGHT. THERE’S THE POTENTIAL FOR A THIRD CHAMPION FROM LAFAYETTE AS ACADIANA HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE PLAYING IN THE CLASS FIVE-A CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE SUPERDOME. JENNINGS HIGH SCHOOL IS IN THE CLASS THREE-A CHAMPIONSHIP FRIDAY NIGHT.
THERE’S BEEN ANOTHER CHURCH VANDALISM IN CROWLEY, THE SEVENTH SUCH INCIDENT SINCE JULY. A GLASS DOOR AT MORNING STAR MISSIONARY BAPTIST WAS BASHED IN AND WAS DISCOVERED BY CHURCH MEMBERS YESTERDAY MORNING. THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT AT MORNING STAR. IN ALL SEVEN INCIDENTS, A WINDOW OR GLASS DOOR HAS BEEN BROKEN BY A HEAVY OBJECT BEING FLUNG AT IT.
A DEPUTY IN THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE, WHO’S FROM LAKE CHARLES, WAS ARRESTED ON MALFEASANCE CHARGES AND HAS RESIGNED. CALCASIEU DISTRICT ATTORNEY JOHN DEROSIER SAYS JAMES CLAY BARRETT ALLEGEDLY SUPPLEMENTED A REPORT IN A WAY THAT WAS NOT ACCURATE OR ACCEPTABLE. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH JAIL ON THREE COUNTS OF MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE AND EIGHT COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE INJURING PUBLIC RECORDS. OFFICIALS SAY A ROUTINE REVIEW OF BARRETT’S CASES SHOWED INCONSISTENCIES AND LATER LEARNED HE ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO COVER UP INCOMPLETE OR INCORRECT INVESTIGATIVE WORK IN TWO CASES.
POLICE IN NEW IBERIA ARE INVESTIGATING THE CITY’S LASTEST HOMOCIDE. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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