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3-5-18

THE FOUNDER OF THE FOODNET FOOD BANK OF LAFAYETTE, MARCELLE CITRON, DIED SATURDAY NIGHT AT HER HOME SURROUNDED BY FAMILY.  CITRON, WHO WAS 91, FOUNDED FOODNET IN 1987 AFTER SEEING A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY AND RECEIVED THE LAFAYETTE CIVIC CUP, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS IN ACADIANA.  CITRON WAS ALSO THE OWNER OF HUB CITY FORD, WHICH WAS STARTED BY HER FATHER.  FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING.

 

THERE HAVE BEEN 48 THREATS IN CALCASIEU PARISH SINCE THE SCHOOL SHOOTING IN FLORIDA LAST MONTH.  A TOWN HALL MEETING WAS HELD IN SULPHUR OVER THE WEEKEND FOR PARENTS TO HEAR ABOUT SCHOOL SAFETY FROM REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SULPHUR POLICE DEPARTMENT  AND THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.  THERE WAS DISCUSSION OF A NEW MOBILE RESPONSE TEAM  AND WHAT PARENTS AND SCHOOLS COULD DO TO PREVENT SHOOTINGS.  PARENTS SAID, AFTER THE MEETING, THEY PLANNED ON SCHEDULING ANOTHER MEETING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD, ACCORDING TO KPLC TV.

 

THE FORMER POLICE CHIEF OF ESTHERWOOD WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK IN ACADIA PARISH ON DRUG AND WEAPONS CHARGES.  JEFF HORCHAK REPORTS.

 

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Another debate over taxes, another rejected bill in the Louisiana House, with the special session edging toward failure.  For a second time, House lawmakers refused a sales tax bill that is considered a linchpin of any tax deal to help close a looming budget gap.  The vote seemed to suggest the budget-balancing special session likely won’t raise any money.  The session, which costs an estimated $50,000-$60,000 a day, must end Wednesday.

 

Police say a 17-year-old Louisiana boy has been charged in connection with the death of a woman.  According to a Lafayette police release, the teenager was arrested and charged with the second-degree murder of Marisha M. Felix.  The Advertiser reports that police began investigating the incident Thursday night when officers responded to shots fired and arrived to find a vehicle that had crashed with several bullet holes.  Inside they found Felix, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

 

THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL IS INVESTIGATING A FIRE THAT DESTROYED A MOSS BLUFF BUSINESS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.  CAPTAIN ROBBY TRAHAN OF THE WARD ONE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY RECEIVED A CALL AT ABOUT 3:12 A-M ABOUT A FIRE AT ANGELO’S AUTO SALES OFF OF HIGHWAY 171.  FIREFIGHTERS WENT INTO THE BUILDING TO PUT OUT THE FIRE WHEN IT STARTED TO COLLAPSE.  TRAHAN TELLS KPLC TV THE BUILDING IS A TOTAL LOSS.

 

A EUNICE WOMAN WAS KILLED IN A THREE VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN ST. LANDRY PARISH FRIDAY EVENING.  STATE POLICE SAYS THAT WHEN A VEHICLE ON L-A TEN SLOWED FOR AN UNKNOWN VEHICLE IN THE ROAD, A SECOND VEHICLE, WHICH WAS TRAVELING TOO CLOSE BEHIND, SWERVED INTO THE ONCOMING LANE, STRIKING A THIRD VEHICLE.  73-YEAR-OLD MARY CHAPMAN, WHO WAS A PASSENGER IN THE BACK SEAT, WAS KILLED, WHILE THE DRIVER AND ANOTHER PASSENGER SUSTAINED CRITICAL INJURIES.  THE DRIVER OF THE SECOND VEHICLE WAS CITED, BUT IMPAIRMENT IS NOT SUSPECTED AS A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT, WHICH HAPPENED AT AROUND SIX FRIDAY EVENING.

 

Louisiana’s agriculture hall of fame will have its first female member.  Margie Jenkins, an expert on cultivating landscaping plants, is among the 2018 inductees into the Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction. The 96-year-old Jenkins has been prominent in Louisiana’s landscape and nursery business for six decades. In addition to plant varieties, she’s also knowledgeable about timber harvesting and dairy cattle and sheep ranching.