3-13-24
RAYNE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY ROBBED THE FROG CITY TRAVEL PLAZA CASINO ON MONDAY. TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD ANTONIO VONKEITH DOMINO OF CROWLEY IS ACCUSED OF FORCIBLY TAKING BETWEEN EIGHTY AND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FROM A CASINO CASHIER AND THEN HARMING SOME CASINO EMPLOYEES WHO TRIED TO PREVENT HIS ESCAPE. DOMINO IS DESCRIBED AS BLACK, SIX-ONE, TWO HUNDRED TEN POUNDS WITH NECK TATOOS. THOSE WHO KNOW THE WHEREABOUTS OF DOMINO ARE ASKED TO CALL THE RAYNE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE TIPS LINE AT SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS.
ROAD CONSTRUCTION IS BEGINNING TODAY ON A SECTION OF WEST PINHOOK ROAD IN LAFAYETTE. THE CONSTRUCTION WILL TAKE PLACE BETWEEN JOMELA DRIVE AND DORSET AVENUE. THERE WILL BE ALTERNATING LANE CLOSURES BETWEEN SEVEN P-M AND FIVE A-M EACH DAY. THE CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO LAST TEN DAYS.
THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS UNDERWAY. TV-TEN’S SYLVIA MASTERS HAS DETAILS ON A BILL THAT’S UNDER CONSIDERATION IN THE STATE HOUSE.
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A BATON ROUGE WOMAN TRESPASSED INTO SOMEONE’S SWIMMING POOL ON WEST PRIEN LAKE ROAD IN LAKE CHARLES BEFORE LEADING DEPUTIES ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE. THIRTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD SARAH MCGEE ALLEGEDLY RAMMED A GATE ON THE PROPERTY BEFORE FLEEING. MCGEE WAS EVENTUALLY STOPPED NEAR MILE MARKER THIRTEEN ON INTERSTATE TEN AND SHE REFUSED TO DO A FIELD SOBRIETY TEST OR PROVIDE A BREATH SAMPLE. A CHILD WAS IN THE VEHICLE AND WAS RELEASED TO A FAMILY MEMBER.
CROWLEY POLICE HAVE ISSUED AN ARREST WARRANT FOR A MAN CONSIDERED A PRIME SUSPECT IN A SHOOTING LAST THURSDAY IN WHICH A FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS WOUNDED. OFFICIALS SAY LINDZY THOMAS FIRED MULTIPLE SHOTS AT A RIVAL GANG MEMBER ON WEST ANDRUS WHEN A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WERE IN THE AREA. A STRAY BULLET STRUCK THE GIRL WHO WAS WALKING WITH HER DAD AFTER HE HAD PICKED HER UP FROM A SCHOOL BUS. ANYONE WHO KNOWS THE LOCATION OF THOMAS IS ASKED TO CALL CROWLEY POLICE.
LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT MONIQUE BLANCO BOULET LAID OUT HER VISION FOR THE REVITALIZATION OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA WHILE ATTENDING A BREAKFAST HOSTED BY DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE UNLIMITED YESTERDAY. BOULET SAYS SHE CONSIDERS THE DOWNTOWN AREA TO BE A KEY ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR THE CITY. SHE SAYS DOWNTOWN IS ONE OF FOUR AREAS THAT SHE’S FOCUSED ON FOR REVITALIZATION. THE OTHERS ARE THE NORTHSIDE, GATEWAYS AND JOHNSTON STREET.
U-S SENATOR BILL CASSIDY OF LOUISIANA HAS CALLED ON CONGRESS TO ADDRESS THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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THE RENT FOR THE DOWNTOWN OPELOUSAS FIRE STATION IS MORE THAN TRIPLING. THE VOLUNTEER FIRE ORGANIZATION, HOPE, HOOK AND LADDER, RECENTLY INFORMED THE CITY OF OPELOUSAS THAT THE CURRENT SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH RENT DOESN’T COVER THE COST OF REPAIRS, MAINTENANCE AND INSURANCE. THEY SAY THE PRICE WILL HAVE TO GO UP TO TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH. OPELOUSAS FIRE CHIEF BRYAN CHAVIS SAYS THEY ARE PLANNING A MEETING WITH HOPE, HOOK AND LADDER OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS REPAIRS TO THE BUILDING AND THE POSSIBLITY OF THE RENT DECREASING IN THE FUTURE.
