3-18-26
A MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO A CAR CRASH THAT INJURED A DUSON POLICE SERGEANT. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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GOVERNOR LANDRY AND OTHER STATE AND LOCAL LEADERS ATTENDED A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR A MAJOR ROAD REHABILITATION PROJECT ALONG RICELAND ROAD IN ACADIA PARISH. THE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT AIMS TO CREATE A SMOOTER RIDE FOR DRIVERS ALONG A TWO-POINT-SIX MILE STRETCH OF THAT ROADWAY. IT WILL FEATURE A COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION INCLUDING NEW PAVEMENT AND THE ADDITION OF SOLID AGGREGATE SHOULDERS. THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE SIXTY DAYS TO COMPLETE.
GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY POSTED A VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA TELLING PEOPLE TO NOT TRUST STATE TREASURER JOHN FLEMING, WHO IS RUNNING FOR THE
U-S SENATE. FLEMING SAYS HE’S ALWAYS BEEN ONE HUNDRED PERCENT AGAINST CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION PROJECTS. LANDRY SAYS FLEMING, WHEN HE WAS A CONGRESSMAN, VOTED SIX TIMES TO FUND AND EXPAND CARBON CAPTURE PROJECTS. FLEMING RESPONDED BY CALLING LANDRY A LIAR, SAYING HE NEVER VOTED FOR ANY BILL THAT WOULD BRING CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION PROJECTS TO LOUISIANA.
A LAKE CHARLES MAN WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR THE KILLING OF TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD DEMARCUS ARDOIN OF WESTLAKE. ARDOIN WAS ROBBED AND KILLED IN HIS HOME IN TWENTY-TWENTY-THREE. TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM DENNIS WAS CONVICTED IN JANUARY OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. IN JUNE, KEVIN WILLIAMS OF EUNICE WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON ON THE SAME CASE, WHILE ANOTHER SUSPECT, JUSTIN NED, IS AWAITING TRIAL FOR SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
A VEHICLE FIRE YESTERDAY ON THE NORTHSIDE OF LAFAYETTE CREATED A PLUME OF SMOKE THAT WAS VISIBLE FOR MILES. IT WAS A TRUCK THAT CAUGHT FIRE ON BELLEAU STREET NEAR PERSHING AVENUE. FIREFIGHTERS MANAGED TO PUT OUT THE BLAZE BEFORE IT SPREAD TO A NEARBY HOME. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
THE CITY OF BREAUX BRIDGE HAS ISSUED A BOIL WATER ADVISORY BEGINNING TODAY AT NOON. THAT’S BECAUSE THE WATER PLANT IS UNDERGOING MODIFICATIONS STARTING TODAY. THE ADVISORY WAS ISSUED BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION DURING THE MODIFICATIONS. THE ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE WERE HONORED FOR ACTS OF KINDNESS THAT WENT BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY. THE BEYOND THE BADGE AWARDS HIGHLIGHTED OFFICERS WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITY, NOT BECAUSE THEY HAD TO BUT BECAUSE THEY CHOSE TO. THE RECIPIENTS INCLUDED TWO OFFICERS FROM DUSON, ONE EACH FROM THE EUNICE AND LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS FROM OTHER PARISHES INCLUDING CALCASIEU PARISH. ORGANIZERS OF THE EVENT SAY THEY HOPE THESE STORIES WILL STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN OFFICERS AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE.
TWO SUSPECTS IN A DRIVE BY SHOOTING AT A MOBILE HOME ON EAST COURTABLEAU ROAD IN PORT BARRE SATURDAY HAVE TURNED THEMSELVES IN. SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD BRAYDEN BROWN WAS BOOKED ON SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER WHILE TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD KOBY LEVIER FACES CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM AND PRINCIPLE TO ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. FIVE OTHERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ARRESTED AND POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY IN CONNECTION TO THE SHOOTING. POLICE CHIEF DEON BOUDREAUX SAYS THE SHOOTING STEMMED FROM AN EARLIER ARGUMENT.
