3-27-17
THERE WAS AN ELECTION ON SATURDAY. JULIE DARCE HAS A FEW RESULTS FROM ACADIANA.
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IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ELECTION RESULTS, THERE WILL BE A RUNOFF FOR MAYOR OF LAKE CHARLES. NIC HUNTER, THE ONLY REPUBLICAN IN THE RACE, HAD THE MOST VOTES WITH 34 PERCENT, AND HIS OPPONENT WILL BE WILFORD CARTER, WHO, WITH 16 PERCENT, HAD EXACTLY 100 MORE VOTES THAN THE THIRD PLACE FINISHER, MARSHALL SIMIEN. THE JENNINGS MAYOR’S RACE WAS AS TIGHT AS IT COULD GET WITH HENRY GUINN AND JIMMY SEGURA EACH GETTING 35 PERCENT OF THE VOTE AND HEADED TOWARD A RUNOFF. GUINN RECEIVED A TOTAL OF THREE MORE VOTES THAN SEGURA.
THE DRIVER AND A PASSENGER IN A MOTOR HOME WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT ON I-TEN JUST WEST OF CROWLEY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A STATE POLICE SPOKESMAN SAYS THE MOTORHOME EXPERIENCED A RAPID TIRE DEFLATION, AND CROSSED INTO THE LEFT LANE, SIDESWIPING A HONDA CIVIC. THE MOTORHOME CONTINUED INTO THE MEDIAN, STRIKING A GUARDRAIL AND ENDING UP ON ITS SIDE. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER IN THE HONDA CIVIC WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF MINOR INJURIES.
Jurors have convicted a Louisiana law enforcement officer of manslaughter in a shooting that killed a 6-year-old autistic boy. Multiple news outlets report the jury late Friday found Derrick Stafford guilty on manslaughter and attempted manslaughter charges. Stafford had been indicted on charges of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder. Stafford and another deputy city marshal opened fire on a car, killing Jeremy Mardis and critically wounding his father after a car chase in Marksville on Nov. 3, 2015. The other deputy, Norris Greenhouse Jr., faces a separate trial later this year.
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A PERSON WHO CRASHED THEIR VEHICLE INTO THE COLONIES CONDOMINIUMS, DESTROYING SEVERAL AIR CONDITIONER UNITS. THE PERSON WAS DOING DONUTS IN THE PARKING LOT AROUND ONE A-M ON FRIDAY. THE DRIVER APPARENTLY LOST CONTROL, JUMPING A CURB AND STRIKING TWO VEHICLES BEFORE HITTING THE BUILDING. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE INCIDENT IS ASKED TO CALL LAFAYETTE CRIME STOPPERS AT 232-TIPS.
A HOUSTON MAN, WHO WAS SHOT BY A WESTLAKE POLICE OFFICER IN THE ISLE OF CAPRI CASINO PARKING LOT LAST MONDAY, HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL AND IS NOW IN JAIL. WESTLAKE POLICE RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF A MAN HARASSING CASINO PATRONS. ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE TROOP D SPOKESMAN SGT. JAMES ANDERSON, 53-YEAR-OLD REGINALD WAYNE KINSEY WAS BRANDISHING A KNIFE AND CHARGED AT A POLICE OFFICER, WHO FIRED HIS WEAPON, STRIKING KINSEY IN THE LEGS. KINSEY NOW FACES A CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER OF A POLICE OFFICER, AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT 150 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
A federal prosecutor in central Louisiana says a Eunice man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for persuading a 12-year-old girl to send him explicit photos. The sentence was handed down Friday for 36-year-old Adam Shilow. A news release from acting U.S. Attorney Alexander Van Hook in Alexandria says Shilow pleaded guilty last July. Prosecutors said that Shilow contacted a 12-year-old girl via the internet and pretended to be a juvenile himself.
Louisiana’s unemployment rate fell and payrolls rose in February, signaling improvements in the state’s labor market. Payrolls, which are many economists’ top labor market indicator, rose by 7,000 to 1.98 million. Payrolls also moved above year-ago levels for the first time in 18 months. In a separate survey, Louisiana’s jobless rate fell to 5.8 percent from 5.9 percent in January.
