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TWO MORE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING OF A LAFAYETTE WOMAN ON MARCH FIRST. 24-YEAR-OLD MARISHA M. FELIX WAS FOUND DEAD OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS IN A CRASHED CAR ON MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DRIVE. CORPORAL KARL RATCLIFF OF THE LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS TIMOTHY MELANCON AND STEVEN MAMOU ARE BEING CHARGED WITH ACCESSORY TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER. LAST WEEK, POLICE ARRESTED 17-YEAR-OLD SHAWNTRELL SAMPY OF LAFAYETTE AND CHARGED HIM WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
DELTA TECH IN LAKE CHARLES CANCELLED GRADUATION COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES THIS SPRING, UPSETTING SOME STUDENTS. THE SCHOOL ALSO ANNOUNCED THEY WOULD NOT SEEK ACCREDITATION, MEANING THEY COULD NOT GET FEDERAL AID FOR STUDENTS AFTER JUNE 12TH. DELTA TECH HAD BEEN ACCREDITED BY THE ACCREDITING COUNCIL FOR INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS, BUT THE U-S SECRETARY OF EDUCATION WITHDREW RECOGNITION OF THAT ACCREDITING BODY BECAUSE OF 21 VIOLATIONS OF REGULATIONS. WHEN ASKED BY KPLC TV IF THE SCHOOL WAS CLOSING, THE C-E-O OF DELTA TECH JEFF EDWARDS SAID IN A WRITTEN REPLY THEY HAVE NOT MADE ANY DECISION TO CLOSE.
KAPLAN POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING REPORTS OF SHOTS FIRED ON TUESDAY NIGHT. JEFF HORCHAK REPORTS.
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The U.S. Senate has confirmed a state court judge, Terry Doughty, to serve as a federal judge in Louisiana. The Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to confirm Doughty as a district court judge for the Western District of Louisiana. President Donald Trump nominated him for the seat in August. U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican, said in a statement Tuesday that Doughty is “highly qualified” and was confirmed with “strong bipartisan support.”
A JUDGE HAS DENIED BOND FOR THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING LAFAYETE POLICE CORPORAL MICHAEL MIDDLEBROOK LAST YEAR. 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGE JULES EDWARDS SAYS THERE’S ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO DENY BOND TO IAN HOWARD, WHO IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER. DURING THE HEARING, A STATE POLICE INVESTIGATOR SAID HE FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF PREMEDITATION OR A MOTIVE FOR THE SHOOTING. IT HAPPENED ON OCTOBER FIRST AT A MOSS STREET CONVENIENCE STORE.
A LAKE CHARLES ATTORNEY IS ON TRIAL THIS WEEK IN A 2011 RAPE CASE. JONATHAN LANE JOHNSON IS ACCUSED OF DRUGGING A WOMAN AND RAPING HER. THE CASE IS BEING PROSECUTED BY THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE AND A JUDGE FROM NEW ORLEANS IS PRESIDING OVER THE TRIAL. JOHNSON’S DEFENSE ATTORNEY IS MAINTAINING HIS CLIENT’S INNOCENCE.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, A MOTORIST IN EUNICE NOTICED A TWO-YEAR-OLD CHILD PLAYING ON HIGHWAY 190. SHE TURNED AROUND AND WAITED WITH THE CHILD UNTIL POLICE ARRIVED. THEY FOUND THE PARENTS SLEEPING ABOUT FIFTY YARDS AWAY AND CALLED IN CHILD SERVICES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION. MAJOR EDDIE THIBODEAUX TELLS KLFY TV THAT THE HIGHWAY IS FOUR LANES AND THE SPEED LIMIT 65, SO THIS COULD HAVE HAD A VERY DIFFERENT ENDING.
After failing to raise any money in the just-ended special session, Louisiana’s lawmakers are supposed to move to the next step. They are charged with crafting a budget with the cuts required to eliminate a shortfall only four months away.
Gov. John Bel Edwards doesn’t believe the Legislature will agree to strip nearly $700 million in state financing from programs and services in the regular session that begins Monday. Legislative leaders also question if the House and Senate will make such politically-charged decisions.
