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A VIGIL WAS HELD AT GIRARD PARK IN LAFAYETTE YESTERDAY TO REMEMBER CRYSTAL DUPUIS GREBINGER ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HER DISAPPEARANCE THREE YEARS AGO. FAMILY AND FRIENDS RELEASED BALOONS IN THE PARK AND TALKED ABOUT THEIR HOPES THAT SHE IS STILL ALIVE AND THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE CASE. GREBINGER, WHO HAD FILED FOR A DIVORCE FROM HER HUSBAND, WENT MISSING AFTER LEAVING THE FAITH HOUSE WOMEN’S SHELTER IN LAFAYETTE ON FEBRUARY 8TH OF 2013. THE CASE WAS TAKEN OVER BY STATE POLICE DETECTIVES LAST YEAR, BUT THEY HAVE HAD NO NEW INFORMATION ON THE CASE.
CREWS WORKED OVERNIGHT TO CLEAR A BUSY INTERSECTION OF I-210 IN LAKE CHARLES. POLICE SAY AN ACCIDENT HAPPENED BETWEEN LAKE STREET AND NELSON ROAD AT AROUND TEN O’CLOCK LAST NIGHT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED IN THE CRASH AND POLICE HAVE NOT YET RELEASED THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.
MEMBERS OF THE LAFAYETTE CHAPTER OF THE NAACP GATHERED AT THE IMANI TEMPLE TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY OF VICTOR WHITE THE THIRD, WHO WAS KILLED IN THE BACK OF AN IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S VEHICLE ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO. THE CORONER DETERMINED WHITE SHOT HIMSELF, AND STATE POLICE, THE 16TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, AND THE U-S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ALL CLEARED THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE IN THE SHOOTING. WHITE’S FATHER, THE REVEREND VICTOR WHITE SENIOR, REFUSES TO ACCEPT THEIR CONCLUSIONS. WHITE’S FAMILY PLANS ON GETTING EXPERTS TO LOOK INTO THE NOW-OPEN CASE FILE TO HELP THEM REACH THEIR OWN CONCLUSIONS.
LOUISIANA’S SEAFOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY IS GETTING SOME EXTRA HELP THIS YEAR. JULIE DARCE EXPLAINS.
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LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO SUSPECTS WHO ROBBED A MAN BY FORCING HIM TO WITHDRAW CASH FROM AN A-T-M. IT HAPPENED AT AROUND 3:20 SUNDAY MORNING WHEN THE VICTIM WAS APPROACHED BY TWO BLACK MALES AND FORCED BY GUNPOINT INTO A SILVER DODGE CHRYSLER. THE VICTIM WAS DRIVEN TO A BANK ON JOHNSTON STREET NEAR BERTRAND WHERE HE WAS FORCED TO WITHDRAW THE MONEY FROM THE A-T-M. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL CRIMESTOPPERS AT 232-TIPS.
THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HELD A “SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR PLACES OF WORSHIP SEMINAR” FOR LOCAL PASTORS AND CHURCH WORSHIP LEADERS. IT’S THE FIRST OF FIVE SUCH SEMINARS PLANNED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO PREPARE LOCAL CHURCHES FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. SHERIFF TONY MANCUSO TELLS KPLC TV THAT THEY WANT TO GIVE CHURCHES THE MOST INFORMATION THEY CAN HAVE FOR ANY SITUATION THAT ARISES. COMMANDER JAMES MCGEE, WHO LED LAST NIGHT’S SESSION, ADDRESSED POSSIBLE EMERGENCY SCENARIOS THAT COULD HAPPEN ON CHURCH CAMPUSES INCLUDING ACTIVE SHOOTERS, SEXUAL PREDATORS, OR NATURAL DISASTERS.
CROWLEY POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A PERSON WHO OPENED FIRE AT A NIGHT CLUB OVER THE WEEKEND. IT HAPPENED AT AROUND FOUR A-M SUNDAY ON EAST HUTCHINSON AVENUE. THERE WAS ONE PERSON INJURED IN THE SHOOTING. THE EXTENT OF THAT PERSON’S INJURIES ARE NOT KNOWN.
ON MARCH FOURTH, THE STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION WILL CONSIDER WHETHER TO APPROVE CHANGES TO COMMON CORE STANDARDS. A 26 MEMBER PANEL SPENT FIVE MONTHS REVIEWING THE STANDARDS AND LAST WEEK APPROVED 270 MODIFICATIONS OUT OF THE NEARLY 13-HUNDRED STANDARDS. BESE PRESIDENT JIM GARVEY PRAISED THE WORK OF THE REVIEW PANEL AND SAID ANY CHANGES COULD GO INTO EFFECT BY THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. IF BESE APPROVES THE CHANGES, IT WOULD NEXT HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE HOUSE AND SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEES AND GOVERNOT JOHN BEL EDWARDS.
