3-10-22
A RAYNE MAN IS NOW FACING CHARGES FOR THE DEATH OF HIS GIRLFRIEND. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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THE LAFAYETTE LIBRARY’S RECONSIDERATION BOARD DECIDED TO NOT BAN A D-V-D ON THEIR SHELVES THAT WAS AN L-G-B-T-Q DOCUMENTARY. KATHERINE LAFLEUR MADE THE REQUEST TO BAN THE D-V-D WHICH SHE SAID HAD SCENES THAT BELONGED IN PORN, NOT A DOCUMENTARY. SEVERAL PEOPLE SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE BAN, CALLING IT CENSORSHIP. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS YEAR THE RECONSIDERATION COMMITTEE HAS REVIEWED AN L-G-B-T-Q BOOK OR D-V-D AND CONSIDERED BANNING IT.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says he has vetoed a new congressional redistricting plan for the state because it lacks a second majority-Black district. The Democratic governor’s office issued a news release announcing the veto Wednesday night. The new maps approved in a recent special session of the Republican-dominated Legislature are similar to existing maps, with boundary changes made to account for population shifts reflected in the 2020 census. The congressional seats are now held by five white Republicans and one Black Democrat.
LOUISIANA’S LARGEST AND MOST SPECTACULAR EASTER EGG HUNT IS COMING BACK TO JENNINGS ON SATURDAY, APRIL NINTH. THIS WILL BE THE SEVENTH YEAR OF THE OUR SAVIOR’S CHURCH EGGDROP WHICH WILL LAST FROM ELEVEN TO TWO AT THE JENNINGS PARKS AND RECREATION. A HELICOPTER WILL DROP MORE THAN FIFTY THOUSAND EASTER EGGS ON THE FIELDS FOR THE EGG HUNT. THE LAST TIME THE EVENT HAPPENED IN TWENTY-NINETEEN, AROUND TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED CHILDREN PARTICIPATED.
A EUNICE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A FATAL SHOOTING THAT HAPPEN IN EVANGELINE PARISH ON FEBRUARY FIFTEENTH. TJUAN AUGUST WAS SHOT AT THE INTERSECTION OF WOODSTONE ROAD AND SAINT JULIEN ROAD AND WAS TAKEN TO A EUNICE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE LATER DIED. NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN OWENS WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER BEING QUESTIONED BY POLICE. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE EVANGELINE PARISH JAIL ON A CHARGE OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A TWO VEHICLE CRASH THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE INTERSECTION OF LOUISIANA AVENUE AND SOUTH STERLING STREET. SENIOR CORPORAL MATTHEW BENOIT SAYS A MAN TRAVELING SOUTH ON SOUTH STERLING HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING ON LOUISIANA AVENUE TOWARD THE EVANGELINE THRUWAY. THE MAN IN THE SOUTHBOUND VEHICLE WAS EJECTED FROM THE REAR OF HIS VEHICLE ON IMPACT. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SEVERE INJURIES AND IS LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
THIS IS THE THIRD DRYEST WINTER IN RECORDED HISTORY FOR LOUISIANA. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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A federal judge in Lafayette has ordered an Alabama boat captain to serve 160 years in prison for exploiting a girl to make child pornography, and to pay the girl more than $200,000. U.S. Attorney Brandon B. Brown says District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. also ordered lifetime supervised release if 46-year-old William Malone of Mobile gets out of prison. A jury in Lafayette convicted Malone in October on five counts of producing child pornography and two related charges. Prosecutors say Malone was captain of a vessel that sailed out of Abbeville and the images were on his phone and laptop, found in a search of that vessel.
