2-14-24
A PAIR OF SHOOTING INVESTIGATIONS ARE UNDERWAY IN SAINT MARY PARISH. DANIELLE DUNCAN REPORTS.
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TWO MURDER SUSPECTS FROM WISCONSIN WERE FOUND HIDING OUT IN BROUSSARD. FEDERAL MARSHALS APPREHENDED TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD CRYSTAL KIZER AND FORTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD DAVID MELTON, BOTH OF KENOSHA, WISCONSIN. IT HAS NOT BEEN MADE CLEAR WHY OR HOW THE TWO ENDED UP IN BROUSSARD. THEY ARE BEING HELD IN THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER PENDING EXTRADITION.
GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY IS INDICATING HE DOES NOT WANT TO MAKE TEACHER PAY RAISES FROM LAST YEAR PERMANENT. HE IS PROPOSING ONE HUNDRED NINETY MILLION DOLLARS FOR A SECOND ROUND OF STIPENDS FOR TEACHERS AND SCHOOL SUPPORT STAFF IN HIS BUDGET PROPOSAL. LANDRY’S STAFF SAYS THE GOVERNOR IS OPPOSED TO A PERMANENT PAY INCREASE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO REMOVE IN FUTURE YEARS WHEN THE STATE IS FACING BUDGET DEFICITS. CYNTHIS POSEY WITH THE LOUISIANA FEDERATION OF TEACHERS SAYS IT’S FRUSTRATING FOR TEACHERS WHO CAN’T PLAN FOR FUTURE DECISIONS NOT KNOWING WHAT THEIR SALARY WILL BE.
A LAKE CHARLES DENTAL PRACTICE IS PROVIDING FREE DENTAL WORK TO UNINSURED ADULTS TODAY. THIS IS OAK PARK DENTAL’S TWENTY-SECOND VALENTINE’S FREE DENTAL DAY. THEY ARE TAKING PATIENTS ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVE BASIS AT THEIR CLINIC, LOCATED AT SIXTEEN-SIXTEEN WEST MCNEESE STREET. PATIENTS MUST BE AT LEAST EIGHTEEN AND HAVE NO DENTAL INSURANCE IN ORDER TO GET AN EXTRACTION, FILLING OR CLEANING.
A TEEN FROM SUNSET HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE FEBRUARY EIGHTH. SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD CALLI JEAN ROBERTS WAS LAST SEEN AT TWO-SIXTY-FOUR ZICK MILLER ROAD IN SUNSET. SHE IS DESCRIBED AS FIVE FEET, FIVE INCHES TALL, ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN POUNDS, WITH DARK BROWN OR BLACK HAIR AND BROWN EYES. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THIS TEENAGER ARE ASKED TO CALL CRIMESTOPPERS AT NINE-FOUR-EIGHT-TIPS.
POLICE IN SCOTT FOUND A BODY IN A CAR. THE DISCOVERY WAS ALONG APOLLO ROAD NEAR A CONVENIENCE STORE AND FAST FOOD RESTAURANT. KADN TV REPORTS THAT SOURCES TOLD THEM THE BODY MAY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AND HAVE NOT INDICATED WHETHER OR NOT FOUL PLAY IS SUSPECTED.
SOME ELECTED DEMOCRAT OFFICIALS IN LOUISIANA HAVE CRITICIZED GOVERNOR LANDRY’S ADMINISTRATION. LAST WEEK THEY ANNOUNCED THE STATE WOULD NOT BE PARTICIPATING IN THE SUMMER E-B-T PROGRAM OFFERED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES LOW-INCOME FAMILIES FORTY DOLLARS PER MONTH IN THE SUMMER PER CHILD TO HELP MAKE SURE THEY ARE GETTING ENOUGH TO EAT WHEN THEY ARE NOT IN SCHOOL. CONGRESSMAN TROY CARTER HAD A HEATED MESSAGE FOR LANDRY AND HIS ADMINISTRATION, SAYING THERE’S NO GOOD REASON TO DENY POOR PEOPLE AND POOR CHILDREN ACCESS TO ADDITIONAL FOOD.
RESIDENTS OF BREAUX BRIDGE ARE UNDER A BOIL WATER ADVISORY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE PLANT DIRECTOR, JOSEPH GUIDRY, SAYS A DROP IN WATER PRESSURE YESTERDAY MORNING LED TO THE ISSUING OF THE ADVISORY. IT WILL BE LIFTED WHEN THE RESULTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS TESTS SHOW “ALL CLEAR”. THEY WILL BE TESTING TO ENSURE NO OUTSIDE MATERIAL, INCLUDING SOIL AND MICROBES, CAN BE FOUND IN PRESSURIZED WATER.
