2-12-20
MARDI GRAS PARADES KICK OFF THIS WEEKEND, WHICH MEANS BARRICADES ARE GOING UP ALONG JOHNSTON STREET IN LAFAYETTE. STARTING TOMORROW AT EIGHT A-M, WORKERS WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL BEGIN PUTTING UP BARRICADES BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF EAST SIMCOE, SURREY AND JEFFERSON BOULEVARD AND CONTINUING TO EAST VERMILLION STREET. BEGINNING AT EIGHT A-M FRIDAY, THEY WILL CONTINUE PUTTING UP BARRICADES FROM EAST VERMILLION AT JOHNSTON TO CAJUN FIELD. PARTIAL ROAD CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED WHILE BARRICADES ARE PUT UP TOMORROW AND FRIDAY.
A BREAUX BRIDGE WOMAN IS BEING CHARGED WITH NEGLIGENT HOMOCIDE IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF HER FOUR-MONTH-OLD BABY. MEGAN KELLY REPORTS.
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A LAKE CHARLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS CLOSED TODAY. THE CALCASIEU PARISH SCHOOL BOARD ANNOUNCED THAT WATER PRESSURE ISSUES ARE THE REASON FOR THE CLOSURE AT KAUFMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THEY WILL BE PROVIDING UPDATES TODAY. GO TO THE CALCASIEU PARISH SCHOOL BOARD FACEBOOK PAGE FOR THE UPDATES.
Gov. John Bel Edwards is getting criticism that he’s reneging on a campaign promise to boost Louisiana public school teacher pay. The Democratic governor didn’t include a teacher pay hike in his budget proposal for next year. But Edwards said Tuesday that he remains committed to raising Louisiana’s public school teacher salaries to the regional average. Edwards campaigned for reelection last year with the support of teacher unions and pledged to raise the pay in a multiyear process.
Louisiana’s new Republican House speaker and Senate president say they want to work with Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards, even as they stress legislative independence. The comments Tuesday from House Speaker Clay Schexnayder and Senate President Page Cortez struck a compromising tone. The men were speaking to the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry a month after winning their new leadership jobs. Republicans made strong gains in the fall elections, increasing their majorities in both chambers.
A LAFAYETTE TEENAGER, WHO HAS BEEN MISSING FOR ALMOST EIGHT YEARS, WILL BE FEATURED ON THE TV SHOW, “IN PURSUIT WITH JOHN WALSH.” KEIOSHA FELIX WAS FIFTEEN-YEARS-OLD WHEN SHE WAS LAST SEEN AT HER AUNT’S HOME IN DUSON. SHE HAD A BABY AND WAS STAYING AT A NOW-SHUTTERED STATE-RUN HOME FOR TEEN MOTHERS IN LAFAYETTE. THE SHOW AIRS TONIGHT AT NINE ON INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY.
CROWLEY POLICE AND THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT LEFT ONE PERSON INJURED. POLICE CHIEF JIMMY BROUSSARD TELLS KATC THAT OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A CALL TUESDAY EVENING FROM EXIT 72 IN ACADIA PARISH AND FOUND A PERSON IN A VEHICLE WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS. THE MAN, AND A WOMAN WHO WAS WITH HIM, TOLD POLICE THAT THE SHOOTING HAPPENED IN THE SEVENTEEN HUNDRED BLOCK OF NORTH AVENUE I. THE VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND IS IN STABLE CONDITION.
THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS RELEASED A PHOTO ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE OF A WOMAN ACCUSED OF BANK FRAUD. ON JANUARY TWENTY-FIFTH, THE WOMAN ALLEGEDLY WITHDREW SEVENTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS FROM SOMEBODY ELSE’S BANK ACCOUNT. DETECTIVES WERE ABLE TO GET SURVEILLANCE PHOTOS FROM THE BANK, LOCATED IN MOSS BLUFF, AND THEY ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN IDENTIFYING THE WOMAN. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT 439-2222.
