2-15-23
EMERGENCY CREWS WERE ON THE SCENE LAST NIGHT AFTER A CRANE FELL ON A HOUSE IN THE ONE HUNDRED BLOCK OF GOLDMAN STREET IN LAFAYETTE. DANIELLE JOHNSON REPORTS.
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ABBEVILLE POLICE RECEIVED MULTIPLE CALLS ABOUT SHOOTINGS THAT HAPPENED FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND EARLY MONDAY. THE CALLS RANGED FROM A SINGLE SHOT FIRED AT A HOUSE TO MORE THAN FIFTY ROUNDS FIRED IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD. TWO PEOPLE ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL AND THERE WAS DAMAGE TO SEVEN HOUSES AND ONE BUSINESS. ABBEVILLE POLICE URGE ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON ANY OF THE SHOOTINGS TO CALL THEM.
LAKE CHARLES POLICE ARRESTED TWO PEOPLE IN CONNECTION WITH A COLD CASE HOMOCIDE FROM THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND. THE CALCASIEU PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE ASKED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REEXAMINE THE CASE OF THREE PEOPLE SHOT AT THE DOLL HOUSE ON NEW YEAR’S DAY. THEY WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND ONE OF THEM DIED, TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD ALLEN BABINEAUX. FORTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD MARVIN DANDRE KYER OF DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA AND FORTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD TERRANCE LEE MALVO OF SULPHUR WERE BOOKED ON SECOND-DEGREE MURDER CHARGES AND THEIR BONDS WERE SET AT ONE MILLION DOLLARS EACH.
A REPUBLICAN STATE LEGISLATOR FROM MANDEVILLE IS FILING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD MAKE LIBRARIES MORE ACCOUNTABLE. REPRESENTATIVE PAUL HOLLIS’ BILL MAKE IT CLEAR THAT LOCAL GOVERNING BOARDS, LIKE CITY COUNCILS, WOULD HAVE THE POWER TO OVERSEE LIBRARY BOARD MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES. THE LOUISIANA FAMILY FORUM IS BACKING HIS BILL. STATE SENATOR HEATHER CLOUD OF TURKEY CREEK HAS ALREADY SUBMITTED A BILL THAT WOULD REQUIRE LIBRARIES TO OFFER CARDS RESTRICTING WHAT CHILDREN CAN CHECK OUT, AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE JULIE EMERSON OF CARENCRO SAYS SHE PLANS TO SUBMIT A SIMILAR BILL IN THE HOUSE.
SCOTT POLICE ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHO THREW A VODKA BOTTLE FROM A FLOAT IN THE MARDI GRAS PARADE SUNDAY. FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD JAMES LEVERTSON WAS STRUCK BY THE BOTTLE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE RECEIVED FIVE STAPLES TO STOP THE BLEEDING. HIS MOTHER, MICHELLE LEVERTSON, SAYS SHE HOPES ANYONE WHO SAW WHAT HAPPENED WILL TELL IT TO THE POLICE.
VILLE PLATTE HIGH SCHOOL WAS PUT ON A SHORT LOCKDOWN YESTERDAY MORNING. IT CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF A STUDENT INVOLVED IN AN ALTERCATION THREATENING TO USE A FIREARM. THE SCHOOL WAS PUT ON LOCKDOWN UNTIL POLICE ARRIVED TO APPREHEND THE STUDENT. ONCE THE STUDENT WAS IN CUSTODY, THE LOCKDOWN WAS LIFTED.
The Allen Parish schools chief is calling it quits after 37 years of service, the last four as superintendent. Kent Reed announced his retirement Monday at a School Board meeting. He said he will not seek an extension of his contract when it expires June 30. He said he’s looking forward to spending more time with family, traveling and playing golf. The School Board plans to begin advertising for the vacancy in March and hopes to have a replacement before Reed leaves.
THE JEFF LANDRY CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNOR IS EXPECTED TO REPORT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS OF CASH ON HAND AND ANOTHER ONE-POINT-FIVE MILLION HAS BEEN RAISED BY A PRO-LANDRY SUPER PAC, ACCORDING TO A CAMPAIGN SPOKESPERSON. ALL DECLARED CANDIDATES ARE REQUIRED TO FILE CAMPAIGN REPORTS TODAY. ONLY ONE OTHER CANDIDATE HAS DISCLOSED THEIR FUNDRAISING NUMBERS, INDEPENDENT HUNTER LUNDRY FROM LAKE CHARLES, WHO HAS ONE-POINT-SIX MILLION DOLLARS ON HAND. AT THIS POINT FOUR YEARS AGO, GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS HAD RAISED EIGHT-POINT-THREE MILLION DOLLARS.
