2-11-20
AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN LAFAYETTE THAT LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD AND AN OFFICER WOUNED IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY STATE POLICE AND LAFAYETTE POLICE. IT HAPPENED AFTER SIX LAST NIGHT AT THE CYPRESS BEND TOWNHOUSES AT KALISTE SALOOM AND LOCKSLEY DRIVE. KATC IS REPORTING THAT, ACCORDING TO STATE TROOPERS, A MAN APPROACHED POLICE AND GOT INTO A PHYSICAL CONFRONTATION THAT LED TO HIM BEING SHOT AND KILLED. THE MAN WAS PRONOUNED DEAD AT THE SCENE AND HIS IDENTITY HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED.
The suspect in fires set last spring at three African American churches in St. Landry Parish has pleaded guilty to federal and state charges. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Lafayette says that Holden Matthews pleaded guilty Monday to three counts of intentionally damaging religious property _ a hate crime _ and to using fire to commit a felony. He later pleaded guilty to related state charges. Matthews is white and the destruction of black churches in St. Landry Parish evoked memories of civil rights-era terrorism, but the federal indictment said the motive involved the properties’ religious character.
CALCASIEU PARISH IS IN NEED OF COMMISSIONERS TO MAN VOTING POLLS. CLERK OF COURT LYNN JONES SAYS THEY HAVE DIFFICULTY GETTING THE OVER NINE HUNDRED COMMISSIONERS THAT THEY NEED FOR EACH ELECTION. COMMISSIONERS ARE PAID TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THEIR DAY OF WORK AND COMMISSIONERS IN CHARGE GET TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS. A CLASS TO BECOME A COMMISSIONER IS BEING HELD THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AT EIGHT AT COURTROOM A ON THE UPPER FLOOR OF THE OLD CALCASIEU PARISH COURTHOUSE ON RYAN STREET IN LAKE CHARLES.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE HAS FINALIZED THE BALLOT FOR THE LOUISIANA PRIMARY ON APRIL FOURTH. MEGAN KELLY HAS MORE.
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LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY HAS APPOINTED JAMIE ANGELLE TO BE HIS CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER. ANGELLE, WHO IS AN ARMY VETERAN, WILL BE IN CHARGE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS AND OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS. HE WAS A JOURNALIST FOR KATC AND WORKED AS A MORNING ANCHOR FOR KADN NEWS FIFTEEN. HE TAKES OVER FOR CYDRA WINGERTER, WHO WAS PROMOTED TO CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER WHEN BETH GUIDRY RESIGNED AFTER JUST A WEEK INTO GUILLORY’S TERM.
AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED A ST. MARTINVILLE COUPLE FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION INTO AN ELEVEN-MONTH-OLD CHILD APPEARING TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL. MEGAN KELLY REPORTS.
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A ROADSIDE MARKER WAS UNVEILED FRIDAY IN MERRYVILLE PRESERVING THE LEGACY OF AN OUTLAW WITH THE NICKNAME LEATHER BRITCHES, WHO FOUGHT IN THE NINETEEN-TWELVE GRABOW LABOR RIOT. MERRYVILLE BECOMES THE FIRST IN LOUISIANA TO BE A PART OF THE LEGENDS AND LORE SERIES, AND IT WAS PAID FOR BY A GRANT FROM THE LEGENDS AND LORE MARKER GRANT PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM HELPS COMMUNITIES COMMEMORATE THEIR LOCAL FOLKLORE AND LEGENDS. JOSH CAFFERY, THE DIRECTOR AT THE CENTER FOR LOUISIANA STUDIES AT U-L LAFAYETTE, TELLS KPLC TV HAVING A MARKER PUTS MERRYVILLE ON THE FOLKLORE MAP.AND REMINDS PEOPLE OF THEIR HISTORY.
A CROWLEY FAMILY IS BEING FEATURED IN A DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT PROFESSIONAL TABLE SOCCER OR FOOSBALL. TERRY RUE, HIS WIFE, KEISHA, AND DAUGHTER SULLIVAN ARE WORLD CHAMPION FOOSBALL PLAYERS. THEY ARE CONSIDERED THE FIRST FAMILY OF FOOSBALL. THE DOCUMENTARY WILL BE SCREENED TONIGHT AT SEVEN AT THE CROWLEY CINEMA FOUR.
