3-2-20
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT IN THE AREA OF BAYBERRY POINT. AN EYEWITNESS SAYS THE SHOOTING HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER EIGHT P-M NEAR JESSICA STREET. KLFY TV CONFIRMED THAT LAFAYAYETTE POLICE WERE AT THE SCENE. HOWEVER, POLICE ARE NOT RELEASING ANY OTHER DETAILS AT THIS TIME.
A MAN IS IN CUSTODY AS POLICE CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR A MISSING WOMAN IN VILLE PLATTE. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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THE BODY OF A WELSH MAN WAS FOUND DURING A WELFARE CHECK ON SATURDAY. THE BODY OF 43-YEAR-OLD QUENTIN GREEN WAS FOUND IN A RESIDENCE IN THE TWO HUNDRED BLOCK OF RHORER STREET. WELSH POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH AS A HOMOCIDE. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION RELATED TO THE CASE IS ASKED TO CALL THE WELSH POLICE DEPARTMENT.
The Office of State Parks has announced that three of Louisiana’s state historic sites will be opening for additional days to visitors starting in March. Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville, The Audubon State Historic Site in St. Francisville, and Port Hudson State Historic Site near Baton Rouge will operate from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 7 days a week. The expanded visiting hours start today. The three facilities join Poverty Point World Heritage Site and Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site in operating seven days a week.
LAFAYETTE GENERAL HOSPITAL REPORTED THAT THEY HAD SIX BABIES DELIVERED ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29TH. THE FIRST, JAMES ALBERT CADE WAS BORN AT 2:26 IN THE MORNING AND THE SIXTH AND LAST ONE, LUCAS JOSEPH DOHMANN, WAS DELIVERED AT 9:02 THAT NIGHT. OPELOUSAS GENERAL HOSPITAL ALSO DELIVERED ONE BABY ON LEAP DAY. NOW THE PARENTS HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER TO CELEBRATE THEIR CHILD’S BIRTHDAY ON FEBRUARY 28TH OR MARCH FIRST IN NON-LEAP YEARS.
A BREAUX BRIDGE MAN IS IN JAIL ON DRUG AND BURGLARY CHARGES. THE ST. MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT THE HOME OF 32-YEAR-OLD TRAY CORMIER. THEY FOUND METH, MARIJUANA AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. IN ADDITION TO DRUG POSSESSION CHARGES, CORMIER WAS CHARGED WITH SIMPLE BURGLARY.
THE BEAUREGARD PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING A POSSIBLE DROWNING SATURDAY MORNING AT A GRAVEL PIT NEAR LONGVILLE. ISRAEL J. SPEARS JUNIOR OF KINDER WAS WORKING WITH ANOTHER PERSON ON A DREDGING BARGE WHEN THE CO-WORKER LEFT TO ATTEND TO ANOTHER MATTER AND WHEN HE RETURNED, SPEARS WAS MISSING. WHEN DEPUTIES ARRIVED, THEY SEARCHED THE AREA AND FOUND SPEARS’ BODY IN THE WATER. HIS BODY WAS SENT TO THE CALCASIEU PARISH CORONER’S OFFICE FOR AN AUTOPSY.
The leader of Louisiana’s largest agriculture network is retiring from his position. Ronnie Anderson is the longest-serving Farm Bureau state president in America. The News-Star reports he’ll end his tenure this summer after 31 years. After winning annual elections for three decades, Anderson says he won’t seek reelection during this year’s Louisiana Farm Bureau Convention in June.
