3-30-22
THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS PROMPTED MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS ACADIANA TO CANCEL OR ADJUST THEIR SCHEDULES TODAY. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.
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ALLEN PARISH SCHOOLS WILL ALSO BE CLOSED TODAY.
AN ATTEMPTED TRAFFIC STOP TURNED INTO A HIGH-SPEED CHASE FROM NEW IBERIA TO BROUSSARD. SERGEANT DAESHA HUGHES WITH THE NEW IBERIA POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS OFFICERS TRIED TO PULL OVER A DRIVER THAT TURNED ONTO HIGHWAY NINETY WITHOUT STOPPING AND THEN TRAVELED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO FLEE AND THE CHASE ENDED WHEN THE DRIVER CRASHED HIS VEHICLE NEAR ALBERTSONS PARKWAY IN BROUSSARD. THE FIVE PEOPLE INSIDE THE VEHICLE WERE NOT HURT AND ALL FIVE FACE MULTIPLE CHARGES.
THE SHOWDOWN WILL BEGIN TODAY IN BATON ROUGE AS THE REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED LEGISLATURE ATTEMPTS TO OVERRIDE GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARD’S VETO OF THE CONGRESSIONAL MAPS PASSED DURING REDISTRICTING. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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LAST FRIDAY, THE BODY OF A SIXTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS FOUND IN A BURN PILE OFF OF TOPSY BELL ROAD BY FIREFIGHTERS WITH JEFF DAVIS FIRE DISTRICT SEVEN, WHO WERE HELPING A NEIGHBOR PUT OUT A BRUSH FIRE. ASHLEY RODRIGUE WITH THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE SAYS DEPUTIES CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE, BUT THEY BELIEVE THE DEATH WAS ACCIDENTAL. IT WAS ONE OF FOUR RECENT DEATHS FROM OUT-OF-CONTROL BURN PILES IN THE STATE. ONE OF THOSE WAS IN NEW IBERIA MONDAY WHERE THE BODY OF AN EIGHTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS FOUND.
THE STATE POLICE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS HAS JOINED THE SCOTT POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE EFFORT TO FIND ELLA GOODIE OF SCOTT. SHE AND HER VEHICLE HAVE BEEN MISSING SINCE MARCH NINTH. SHE WAS DRIVING A BLACK TWENTY-TWELVE Q-FIVE S-U-V WITH POSSIBLY A TEXAS LICENSE PLATE AND A LYFT STICKER ON THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION ON GOODIE OR HER VEHICLE IS ASKED TO CALL THE SCOTT POLICE DEPARTMENT OR STATE POLICE.
A MISSING TEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN LAFAYETTE PARISH HAS BEEN FOUND. THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE REPORTED ANGIE LIZBETH AGUILERA-MEJIA MISSING. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS SHE HAS BEEN LOCATED AND IS SAFE. NO OTHER DETAILS WERE REPORTED.
Adults adopted as children in Louisiana may soon be able to obtain their original birth certificates without having to go to court. Under current law, adoptees in the state cannot get the original birth certificate — which identifies their birth parents — unless they convince a judge of their need for it. The state House voted 76-21 to make the certificate available to adoptees once they reach age 24. The Advocate reports that the strong vote for the bill came despite opposition from anti-abortion groups, who fear that releasing their identity might lead some women to seek abortions.
ACADIA PARISH CRIME STOPPERS IS ASKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN LOCATING A SUSPECT IN A FEBRUARY SHOOTING. EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD MARLEY GUIDRY OF CROWLEY IS WANTED ON FOUR COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AS WELL AS VARIOUS NARCOTICS CHARGES. HE IS SIX FEET, ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY POUNDS WITH BLACK HAIR AND BROWN EYES. IF YOU KNOW HIS WHEREABOUTS, CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS. ALL CALLERS REMAIN ANONYMOUS AND ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A CASH REWARD IF THE TIP LEADS TO THE ARREST OF GUIDRY.
