2/19/26
THE BODY OF A MAMOU MAN WAS FOUND NEAR HIS HOME IN THE AREA OF RAILROAD AVENUE TUESDAY NIGHT. THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD ALAN THOMAS JUNIOR HAD A SINGLE GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE NECK, ACCORDING TO HIS FAMILY. THEY SAY MAMOU POLICE TOLD THEM THEY FOUND SHELL CASINGS AT THE SCENE. INVESTIGATORS TOLD THE FAMILY THEY HAVE VIDEO EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE REVIEWING.
A SEARCH COMMITTEE IS MAKING PROGRESS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO FIND A NEW PRESIDENT FOR U-L LAFAYETTE. THEY HAVE TWELVE CANDIDATES TO FILL THE POSITION. IT INCLUDES THE INTERIM PRESIDENT, DOCTOR RAMESH KOLLURU. THE COMMITTEE WILL MEET IN BATON ROUGE TODAY TO NARROW DOWN THE LIST TO FOUR AND WILL INTERVIEW THE REMAINING CANDIDATES NEXT WEEK IN LAFAYETTE.
AUTOMATIC FILING AND PAYMENT EXTENSIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR INDIVIDUAL AND BUSINESS TAXPAYERS IN LOUISIANA WHO WERE AFFECTED BY SEVERE WINTER WEATHER LAST MONTH. THE EXTENSIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL SIXTY-FOUR PARISHES, WHICH WERE INCLUDED IN A FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION. THE EXTENSIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR EXCISE, SALES, SEVERANCE AND WITHHOLDING TAXES AS WELL AS W-2, L-3 AND 1099 FORMS. THE EXTENSIONS APPLY TO RETURNS AND PAYMENTS DUE BETWEEN JANUARY TWENTY-THIRD AND FEBRUARY TWENTY-FIRST AND THE EXTENSION DEADLINE IS MARCH THIRTY-FIRST.
A LAKE CHARLES MAN, WHO WAS SHOT BY A CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY IN SULPHUR, WILL FACE CHARGES WHEN HE IS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD LAUDRICK PATE WILL BE ARRESTED ON NUMEROUS CHARGES INCLUDING FLIGHT FROM AN OFFICER AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON A PEACE OFFICER. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, PATE FLED ON FOOT FROM A TRAFFIC STOP AND, WHEN THE DEPUTY CAUGHT UP TO HIM, PATE GRABBED THE DEPUTY’S TASER AND ATTEMPTED TO USE IT ON HIM. THAT’S WHEN THE DEPUTY SHOT PATE.
TWELVE INMATES AT THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH JAIL HAVE GRADUATED FROM AN INMATE ADDICTION RECOVERY PROGRAM. SHERIFF BOBBY GUIDROZ SAYS THE TWELVE STEP PROGRAM EMPHASIZES EDUCATION, SELF-AWARENESS AND PERSONAL GROWTH TOWARD A SUSTAINED RECOVERY. HE SAYS THE PROGRAM WAS INITIATED LAST YEAR TO A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION AND THIS SECOND SESSION WAS EQUALLY SUCCESSFUL. GUIDROZ SAYS THEY ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING REHABILITATION OPPORTUNITIES THAT HELP INMATES HAVE THE TOOLS NEEDED FOR LONG-TERM RECOVERY AND SUCCESSFUL REINTIGRATION IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTM IS CONTINUING A SERIES OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS REGARDING PLANS FOR A NEW SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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A BILL IN THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE PROPOSES REMOVING THE STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION FROM THE LIST OF OFFICES INCLUDED IN PARTY PRIMARY ELECTIONS. CLOSED PARTY PRIMARIES BEGIN THIS YEAR FOR SELECT OFFICES INCLUDING CONGRESSIONAL RACES. IF THE BILL BY REPUBLICAN ALAN SEABAUGH OF MANY IS APPROVED, IT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT ON AUGUST FIRST, AFTER THIS YEAR’S PARTY PRIMARIES. THE REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION FOR THIS YEAR BEGINS MARCH NINTH.
A RAYNE MAN, WHO WAS ARRESTED ON AN OUTSTANDING DRUG WARRANT, HAD DRUGS ON HIM WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED, ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES. FORTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA CORMIER WAS ARRESTED ON A WARANT FROM THE DUSON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR DISTRIBUTION OF FENTANYL. AN OFFICER WHO ARRESTED CORMIER FOUND SEVERAL BAGGIES OF METH LACED WITH FENTANYL. AS A RESULT, HE WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF METH LESS THAN TWENTY-EIGHT GRAMS, WHICH IS A FELONY.
