3-2-23
NEW IBERIA POLICE SAY THE MAN FOUND SHOT IN HIS CAR ON TUESDAY HAS DIED AND NOW ONE MAN IS WANTED IN CONNECTION TO THIS INCIDENT. DANIELLE JOHNSON REPORTS.
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THE MAN ACCUSED OF THE MURDER OF A LAFAYETTE POLICE OFFICER HAS BEEN DEEMED MENTALLY COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL BY MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, ACCORDING TO THE ADVOCATE. FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUDGE VALERIE GOTCH GARRETT HAS SCHEDULED A HEARING FOR MARCH TWENTY-FOURTH FOR THE DOCTORS TO TESTIFY AS TO THE MENTAL HEALTH STATUS OF IAN HOWARD. HE FACES A FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CHARGE FOR THE SHOOTING DEATH OF LAFAYETTE POLICE CORPORAL MICHAEL MIDDLEBROOK IN OCTOBER OF TWENTY-SEVENTEEN AS WELL AS THREE ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CHARGES. IN DECEMBER OF TWENTY-TWENTY-ONE, HOWARD WAS FOUND MENTALLY INCOMPETENT TO ASSIST HIS LAWYERS IN HIS DEFENSE AND WAS ORDERED TO RECEIVE TREATMENT AT A MENTAL HOSPITAL.
LOUISIANA DISTRICT FIVE CONGRESSWOMAN JULIA LETLOW HAS SPONSORED A PARENT’S BILL OF RIGHTS WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR CHILD’S EDUCATION. HOUSE REPUBLICANS ROLLED OUT THE BILL YESTERDAY BEFORE A GATHERING OF FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF RECENT PROTESTS OVER SCHOOL CURRICULUM. LETLOW SAYS HER BILL ESTABLISHES LEGAL PROTECTIONS IN FEDERAL LAW THAT ENSURES THAT PARENTS THROUGHOUT THE NATION ALWAYS HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR CHILD’S EDUCATION. HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY VOWED THE BILL WOULD CLEAR THE HOUSE AND BE SENT TO THE U-S SENATE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
THE BULBER AUDITORIUM AT MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY IS REOPENING AFTER REPAIRS WERE MADE TO DAMAGE CAUSED BY HURRICANE LAURA IN TWENTY-TWENTY. THE AGE OF THE BUILDING AND THE NUMBER OF ELECTRICAL REPAIRS THAT HAD TO BE MADE ACCOUNTED FOR THE EXTENSIVE TIME IT TOOK TO REOPEN THE AUDITORIUM. THE BULBER AUDITORIUM WAS THE CENTERPIECE OF THE ORIGINAL MCNEESE CAMPUS IN NINETEEN-THIRTY-NINE. THE THEATRE WILL REOPEN WITH THE THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL BANNERS CULTURAL SERIES, A TWO MONTH LONG CELEBRATION OF MUSICAL, CULTURAL AND THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES.
THE PARENT OF AN ACADIA PARISH SCHOOL STUDENT IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SUPERVISION OF CHILDREN WALKING HOME AND HAS TAKEN HER CONCERNS TO THE SCHOOL BOARD. TABATHA MCDOWELL TELLS KLFY TV HER SON WENT MISSING LAST YEAR BUT WAS FOUND STILL ON CAMPUS A SHORT WHILE LATER IN ANOTHER TEACHER’S CLASSROOM. SHE CALLED IT A SCARY FEELING NOT KNOWING WHERE YOUR CHILD IS AND SAYS SOME CHANGES SHOULD BE MADE TO ENSURE PROPER SUPERVISION. THOSE IN CHARGE HAVE PROMISED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE MATTER AND CHANGES TO THEIR POLICY.
SCOTT FIREFIGHTERS BATTLED A HOME FIRE ON SUNSET STREET JUST AFTER NOON YESTERDAY. FIRE CHIEF CHAD SONNIER SAYS A PASSERBY NOTICED THE FIRE AND ALERTED THE SLEEPING HOMEOWNER, WHO MANAGED TO ESCAPE SAFELY. SONNIER SAYS COMBUSTIBLES IN THE STRUCTURE CAUSED EXTREME HEAT AND ONE FIREFIGHTER WAS TREATED AT THE SCENE FOR EXHAUSTION. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE.
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by oil and gas companies hoping to move a key lawsuit over damage to Louisiana coastal wetlands from state to federal courts. The high court rejected the appeal in a brief order dated Monday. In effect, it upheld an October appeals court decision that keeps the lawsuit by Plaquemines Parish against oil giants including Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and Exxon Mobile, in state court. It’s the latest development in connection with dozens of lawsuits filed in coastal parishes between 2012 and 2017.
THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF A MAN WHO WAS SHOT WHILE PULLING INTO HIS DRIVEWAY AT HOME IN EUNICE. TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD JAMACAN MALVEAUX OF EUNICE WAS SHOT AND KILLED MONDAY NIGHT AT AROUND NINE THIRTY AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY TWENTY-NINE AND NORTH SAINT MARY STREET. DEPUTIES FOUND SEVERAL SHELL CASINGS AND MALVEAUX DEAD IN THE VEHICLE. ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION ON THIS CRIME IS ASKED TO CALL NINE-FOUR-EIGHT-TIPS.
