2-6-18
A 20-year-old motorist faces charges including vehicular homicide and hit-and-run driving following a weekend crash that killed two Louisiana teenagers. Louisiana State Police say the wreck happened Sunday evening in Vermillion Parish on U.S. Highway 167. A pickup truck driven by Tyler J. Meaux of Kaplan struck a small car in which the victims were riding. Killed were 16-year-old Alana Duhon and 15-year-old Sydney Colomb of Maurice.
A FATAL ACCIDENT ON I-TEN WEST OF JENNINGS WAS CAUSED BY A VEHICLE HEADING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. THE DRIVER OF A G-M-C PICKUP TRUCK PULLING A HORSE TRAILER WAS TRAVELING EAST IN THE WESTBOUND LANES CAUSING A HEAD ON CRASH WITH A FORD F-250. THE CRASH CAUSED A PROPANE TANK IN THE GMC TO IGNITE, RESULTING IN A FIRE. KLFY TV IS REPORTING THAT THE DRIVER OF THE GMC PICKUP DIED. KPLC TV SAYS ANOTHER PERSON WAS AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES.
THE ATTORNEYS FOR LAFAYETTE CITY MARSHAL BRIAN POPE HAVE ASKED THE JUDGE TO MOVE HIS FELONY TRIAL OUT OF LAFAYETTE PARISH AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. THEY SAY, BECAUSE OF THE INTENSE MEDIA COVERAGE, IT WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO SEAT AN IMPARTIAL JURY. POPE’S TRIAL IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN ON FEBRUARY 20TH, BUT, ACCORDING TO THE ADVERTISER, IT APPEARS THAT DATE WILL BE USED TO HEAR ARGUMENTS ON VARIOUS MOTIONS. THE ATTORNEYS HAVE ALSO ASKED THE JUDGE TO QUASH A GRAND JURY INDICTMENT AGAINST POPE ON TWO COUNTS OF PERJURY AND FIVE COUNTS OF MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE, OR TRY POPE SEPERATELY ON EACH OF THE CHARGES.
A bipartisan group of Louisiana’s state senators is urging Gov. John Bel Edwards to call a special session this month to replace expiring taxes, even if he can’t strike a pre-session deal with House Republicans. Fourteen of 39 senators, including Republican Senate President John Alario, sent the letter Monday to the Democratic governor. The letter, spearheaded by Republican Sen. Rick Ward, says a February special session is needed to balance next year’s budget without damaging programs. About $1 billion in temporary taxes expire July 1.
Authorities say a shooting at a Mardi Gras parade has killed one man and hospitalized another in Jeanerette. Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesman Maj. Wendell Raborn tells The Daily Iberian the shooting happened Sunday afternoon at the Krewe of Ezana’s annual Mardi Gras Parade in Jeanerette. The Jeanerette City Marshal’s Office initially discovered two victims at the scene. One man was taken to a local hospital but his condition wasn’t immediately released. The man who was shot in the chest was airlifted to a hospital in Lafayette where he died from his wound.
MOSS BLUFF ARTIST FRANK THOMPSON HAS SURVIVED A HEALTH SCARE THAT BEGAIN WITH A SMALL CUT THAT RESULTED IN SWELLING IN HIS RIGHT ARM. IT TURNED OUT TO BE CELLULITIS AND SEPSIS THAT RESULTED IN SURGERIES AND 17 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL. THINGS ARE BETTER NOW FOR THOMPSON, THOUGH HE HAS WEEKS OF REHAB STILL TO COME. THOMPSON HAS GAINED A NATIONAL REPUTATION FOR FUSED GLASS ART AND HIS STAINED GLASS WINDOWS ADORN AT LEAST 35 CHURCHES IN THE AREA.
A TEENAGER HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN ACADIA PARISH FOR NEGLIGENT HOMOCIDE. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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Louisiana’s state treasurer is undecided about an idea to use unclaimed money the state collects on behalf of residents who are owed the cash to help finance a flood-control project. Treasurer John Schroder said in a statement Monday he’ll consider any ideas “that do not force taxpayers to fork over any more money.” He says he’s researching if the proposal floated by his predecessor, U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, is viable. Kennedy wants to use $150 million from the unclaimed property fund for the Comite River Diversion Canal in the Baton Rouge region.
