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ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF K-P GIBSON SAYS A BODY FOUND IN BAYOU QUEUE DE TORTUE IS FEMALE, WHO IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN BETWEEN TWENTY AND FIFTY YEARS OF AGE. THEY HAVE NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE THE RACE BECAUSE OF LENGTH OF TIME THE BODY WAS IN THE WATER. IT WAS FOUND FRIDAY BY TWO MEN WHO WERE FISHING. THE BODY WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY THIRTEEN IN SOUTHERN ACADIA PARISH.
FORMER LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY TOLD KADN TV HIS ARREST LAST WEEK WAS “THE MOST SHAMEFUL THING HE’S SEEN IN THE HISTORY OF OUR LEGAL PROFESSION AND IN THE HISTORY OF PUBLIC SERVICE.” A SAINT MARTIN PARISH GRAND JURY INDICTED GUILLORY ON FOUR COUNTS OF MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE BECAUSE OF THE REMOVAL OF SPOIL BANKS IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH FOUR YEARS AGO. GUILLORY SAYS HE’S INNOCENT. HIS ATTORNEY, KEVIN STOCKSTILL, SAYS HE THINKS THE GRAND JURY DID NOT HEAR ALL THE EVIDENCE AND IT’S EASY TO GET AN INDICTMENT.
THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS HAS ISSUED A RULING IN FAVOR OF A LOUISIANA LAW REQUIRING POSTER-SIZED DISPLAYS OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN LOUISIANA PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOMS. THE COURT VOTED TWELVE-TO-SIX TO LIFT A BLOCK PUT ON THE LAW IN TWENTY-TWENTY-FOUR BY A LOWER COURT. ATTORNEY GENERAL LIZ MURRILL SAYS HER OFFICE HAS ISSUED CLEAR GUIDANCE TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON HOW TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW. SHE SAYS LOUISIANA PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHOULD FOLLOW THE LAW.
A BICYCLIST WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN LAKE CHARLES. THE BICYCLIST AND A CAR COLLIDED ON RYAN STREET NEAR THE SONIC DRIVE-IN. THE BICYCLIST WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THERE’S NO WORD ON THE CONDITION OF THE BICYLIST.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BILLY NUNGESSER AND THE LOUSIANA SEAFOOD PROMOTION AND MARKETING BOARD WILL BE IN OPELOUSAS TOMORROW TO HOST THE TENTH ANNUAL PARDONING OF THE CRAWFISH. GEORGE FAUST HAS DETAILS.
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A FATHER AND SON FROM LAFAYETTE WERE ARRESTED FOLLOWING A SHOOTING ON EAST PONT DES MOUTON. TWENTY-YEAR-OLF MYKKEAN TURKI IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING SOMEONE FROM A CAR WHICH, INVESTIGATORS SUSPECT, HAPPENED AFTER AN ARGUMENT. TURKI HAS BEEN CHARED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER. HIS FATHER, FORTY-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL TURKI, WAS ARRESTED ON OUTSTANDING DRUG CHARGES.
ATTORNEY GENERAL LIZ MURRILL WAS IN ACADIANA LAST WEEK AND SHE’LL BE BACK IN OUR AREA AGAIN TOMORROW FOR A LEGAL HEARING. GEORGE FAUST EXPLAINS.
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A LOREAUVILLE HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR RECEIVED A PERSONAL RESPONSE FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP. CARSON MALLET SAYS HE WROTE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP ABOUT HIS WORK IN IBERIA PARISH’S TEEN COURT PROGRAM AND WAS EXCITED TO RECEIVE A LETTER IN THE MAIL FROM HIM. MALLET SAYS HE CAN SEE IT IS THE PRESIDENT’S ACTUAL PERSONAL SIGNATURE BECAUSE THE INK BLEEDS THROUGH THE BACK OF THE LETTER. MALLET SAYS HE’S ALWAYS HAD AN INTEREST IN POLITICS AND HISTORY AND HE DECIDED TO WRITE THE LETTER AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
