2-15-18
A MISSING LAFAYETTE MAN WAS FOUND DEAD IN A WALMART PARKING LOT. THE FAMILY OF 36-YEAR-OLD KYLE HALL REPORTED HIM MISSING ON FEBRUARY THIRD. LAFAYETTE POLICE WERE NOTIFIED THAT HALL’S BODY WAS FOUND IN A VEHICLE IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE WALMART ON AMBASSADOR CAFFERY. HE WAS LAST SEEN IN A WALMART ON THE EVANGELINE THRUWAY. NO FOUL PLAY IS SUSPECTED.
THERE COULD BE SOME TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON INTERSTATE TEN IN LAKE CHARLES BECAUSE CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN ON THE I-TEN BRIDGE MARCH THIRD. CREWS WILL BE REPLACING SOME BRIDGE JOINTS ON THE OVERPASS, ACCORDING TO THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, RODNEY MALLETT. HE SAYS THE PROJECT, WHICH WILL COST CLOSE TO NINE MILLION DOLLARS, WILL LAST ABOUT SIX MONTHS. HE SAYS AT FIRST THEY WILL BE CLOSING ONE EASTBOUND LANE AND, AFTER TWO TO THREE MONTHS, THEY’LL SHUT DOWN A WESTBOUND LANE.
THE FOUNDER OF THE SHOPRITE AND TOBACCO PLUS CONVENIENCE STORES PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY AT HIS CROWLEY HOME AFTER A BATTLE WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE. JOHN DAN GEILEN, WHO WAS 79, BEGAN MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS AGO WITH A SHOP RITE STORE IN CROWLEY AND IT EXPANDED TO 62 STORES ACROSS THE STATE WITH MORE THAN 750 EMPLOYEES. HE ALSO PURCHASED CHURCH POINT WHOLESALE IN 2001 THAT SERVES GROCERY AND CONVENIENCE STORES AROUND THE STATE. THE FUNERAL IS TOMORROW AT TEN A-M AT ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CROWLEY.
THERE’S MORE INFORMATION ON TUESDAY NIGHT’S SHOOTING AT CAJUN FIELD. HERE’S JEFF HORCHAK.
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WESTLAKE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A FATAL SHOOTING. IT HAPPENED AT THE WESTLAKE PLAZA APARTMENTS AT AROUND 8:46 LAST NIGHT. POLICE OFFICERS HAVE CONFIRMED A MAN WAS KILLED. THE IDENTITY OF THE VICTIM IS BEING WITHHELD PENDING THE INVESTIGATION.
THE BALDWIN POLICE DEPARTMENT IS MOVING TEMPORARILY UNTIL REPAIRS CAN BE MADE AFTER A FIRE ON MONDAY. THE FIRE WAS STARTED BY AN INMATE, EDMOND RAY ROBERTSON, WHO SET HIMSELF ON FIRE, ACCORDING TO POLICE CHIEF HARRY SMITH. SMITH TELLS KATC TV THAT HE RAN INTO THE BUILDING TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE AND RESCUE ROBERTSON, BUT ROBERTSON’S FAMILY SAYS THEY KNOW WHO RESCUED ROBERTSON AND IT WASN’T SMITH. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TEMPORARILY IN THE OLD FIRE STATION.
CRAWFISH PRICES ARE HIGH AS LENT BEGINS. THE AVERAGE PRICE IS ABOUT SIX DOLLARS PER POUND. ANDRE LEGER OF CHEZ FRANCOIS TELLS KLFY TV THAT, BECAUSE OF A HARD WINTER, THE CRAWFISH HAVEN’T YET GROWN TO THEIR FULL SIZE. HE SAYS WHEN THERE’S A LATE SEASON LIKE THIS, NORMALLY THEY HAVE GREAT CRAWFISH LATER ON.
THE OBERLIN POLICE CHIEF CLAIMS THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL HAVE A VENDETTA AGAINST HIM AND THAT’S WHY THE DEPARTMENT’S BUDGET WAS CUT BY 22 PERCENT. CHIEF GRADY HAYNES SAYS THEY ARE ALREADY SHORTHANDED AND MAY HAVE TO LOSE OFFICERS. MAYOR JOSEPH “MOOCHIE” MANUEL SAYS GRADY’S ALLEGATIONS ARE A SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST HIM AND THE COUNCIL BUT WON’T LET IT AFFECT HIM. HE TELLS KPLC TV THAT THE CUT WAS NECESSARY TO KEEP THE TOWN AFLOAT AND OTHER DEPARTMENT BUDGETS HAVE BEEN CUT AS WELL.
