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AN INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO THE MURDER OF A 22-YEAR-OLD AT THE MON CHATEAU APARTMENTS IN LAFAYETTE ON SUNDAY. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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YESTERDAY, TWO MEN CHARGED IN THE MURDER OF A LACASSINE COUPLE LAST DECEMBER PLEADED NOT GUILTY. JAVARI GUIDRY OF HOUSTON AND JORDON LEGROS OF WELSH HAVE BEEN IN JAIL SINCE THEIR ARREST IN DECEMBER. THE TRIAL HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 16TH. 72-YEAR-OLD WALTER JOSEPH GOTREAUX AND HIS WIFE, 70-YEAR-OLD CECLIA DARLENE GOTREAUX, WERE FOUND SHOT TO DEATH IN THEIR HOME OFF OF U-S 90 EAST ON DECEMBER 16TH.
A SUSPECT IN A HOMOCIDE IN SUNSET YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IS IN CUSTODY. SUNSET POLICE, RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF SHOTS FIRED, FOUND THE BODY OF A MAN LYING ON THE GROUND IN THE 100 BLOCK OF MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE. AS POLICE WERE INVESTIGATING, THE SUSPECT IN THE CASE, WHOSE NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, CAME TO THE CRIME SCENE TO TURN HIMSELF INTO AUTHORITIES. FAMILY MEMBERS TOLD KLFY TV THAT THE VICTIM WAS KENDRICK LAWRENCE. POLICE CHIEF LOUIE PADILLA SAYS THERE WAS BAD BLOOD BETWEEN THE SUSPECT AND THE VICTIM.
LAFAYETTE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY PLANS TO APPEAL A PUNISHMENT THEY RECEIVED FROM THE LOUISIANA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. ACCORDING TO KATC TV AND THE ACADIANA ADVOCATE, THE SCHOOL FACES A HEFTY FINE AND A ONE YEAR SUSPENSION OF THEIR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, FOOTBALL COACH AND BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL COACHES. L-C-A WAS REPRIMANDED FOR USING NONFACULTY HEAD COACHES ON THE FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL TEAMS. L-C-A IS MOVING UP IN CLASS NEXT YEAR.
STATE SENATOR BOB HENSGENS OF ABBEVILLE HAS ASKED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ISSUE A LEGAL OPINION ON PROBLEMS WITH THE DRAWING OF NEW COUNCIL DISTRICTS FOR LAFAYETTE. LAST DECEMBER, VOTERS IN LAFAYETTE PARISH APPROVED A HOME RULE CHARTER AMENDMENT SPLITTING THE NINE MEMBER CITY PARISH COUNCIL INTO SEPARATE FIVE MEMBER CITY AND PARISH COUNCILS. HOWEVER, IT WAS LEARNED THAT THE DISTRICT LINES AND VOTER PRECINCTS DIDN’T MATCH UP WITH THE MAPS PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC. SOME BELIEVE THE COUNCIL CAN APPROVE AN ORDINANCE CORRECTING THE PROBLEM, WHILE OTHERS BELIEVE THE MATTER HAS TO BE BROUGHT TO A VOTE OF LAFAYETTE PARISH RESIDENTS.
WITHIN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS, MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY WILL BEGIN A RESTORATION PROJECT OF THE CONTRABAND BAYOU, WHICH RUNS ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CAMPUS. TWO YEARS AGO, MCNEESE RECEIVED SIX-AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE STATE FOR THE PROJECT AND DURING THAT TIME THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING PLANS. RICHARD RODEN, THE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES AND PLANT MAINTENANCE AT THE UNIVERSITY, TELLS KPLC TV THAT THEY REALIZED SOMETHING NEEDED TO BE DONE TO PREVENT EROSION FROM CONTINUING ON THE BAYOU. IN ADDITION, THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE IMPROVED LIGHTING AND WALKWAYS FROM THE MAIN CAMPUS TO STUDENT APARTMENTS AND RESIDENCE HALLS ON THE SOUTH CAMPUS.
A EUNICE MAN WAS KILLED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH IN ACADIA PARISH SUNDAY EVENING. STATE POLICE SAY 37-YEAR-OLD CORY LANDRENEAU WAS DRIVING HIS PICKUP TRUCK ON L-A 91 WHEN HE FAILED TO NEGOTIATE A CURVE NEAR JACOB ROAD AND WENT OFF THE ROAD, CAUSING HIS VEHICLE TO FLIP. LANDRENEAU, WHO WASN’T WEARING A SEAT BELT, WAS EJECTED AND SUFFERED CRITICAL INJURIES. HE WAS TAKEN TO LAFAYETTE GENERAL WHERE HE LATER DIED.
Louisiana pharmacists permitted to dispense medical marijuana and the patients waiting for it are demanding that state regulators allow therapeutic cannabis to reach shelves by May 15. GB Sciences, one of two state-sanctioned growers, said Monday it hopes to have a “limited release of product” by mid-May, available to patients with the most severe conditions. It’s unclear who would be on that list.
A larger release for all eligible patients is predicted for August or later.
