4-14-25
Authorities say ex-LSU and Ragin’ Cajun wide receiver Kyren Lacy has died at age 24 in an apparent suicide in his car while being pursued by officers in Houston. Lacy already was facing criminal charges stemming from a fatal car accident in December in Baton Rouge that had clouded his NFL prospects. Harris County authorities say their pursuit of Lacy late Saturday night ended when Lacy crashed his car. Authorities say when they went to extract Lacy, they said he had died of an apparent suicide.
THE NEW IBERIA SPANISH FESTIVAL WAS SHUT DOWN EARLY SATURDAY NIGHT AFTER A DEADLY SHOOTING. SHORTLY AFTER TEN THAT NIGHT, A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS SHOT AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE IBERIA PARISH JAIL FOR SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. NEW IBERIA POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED THE NAMES OF THE BOYS AND THEY ASK ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING TO CONTACT THEM.
FORMER STUDENTS OF RETIRED TEACHER LOUISE “SAMMY” MCCLELLAND OF ELTON GATHERED YESTERDAY TO CELEBRATE HER ONE HUNDRED-FIFTH BIRTHDAY. MCLELLAND WAS A TEACHER FOR THIRTY-FIVE YEARS, TWENTY-SEVEN OF THEM AT ELTON HIGH SCHOOL. ONE OF HER FORMER STUDENTS, MAYOR MIKE PIEROTTI, HANDED HER THE KEY TO THE CITY OF ELTON BECAUSE OF HER IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY. MCLELLAND THANKED GOD FOR BEING ABLE TO SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY CELEBRATING HER BIRTHDAY.
THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE GATHERS IN BATON ROUGE TODAY FOR THE OPENING OF A REGULAR SESSION. THEY WILL HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER A BUDGET. GOVERNOR LANDRY AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERS ARE SUPPORTING AN EFFORT TO RESTRUCTURE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT. LAWMAKERS ARE ALSO LOOKING AT WAYS TO REVIVE A CONSTITIONAL AMENDMENT THAT WAS DEFEATED AT THE POLLS LAST MONTH, WHICH WOULD HAVE CUT THE STATE INCOME TAX RATE.
THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE WILL CONSIDER SIX BILLS DEALING WITH FORTIFIED ROOFS. PROPONENTS OF THE CHANGE HOPE IT WILL INCREASE THE PACE OF STRONGER ROOFS BEING BUILT ON HOMES IN THE STATE, ACCORDING TO THE ADVOCATE. IT’S HOPED THIS WILL LEAD TO DISCOUNTS ON HOME INSURANCE PREMIUMS. IT’S ALSO HOPED MORE INSURERS WOULD BE WILLING TO WRITE POLICIES FOR HOMES IN COASTAL AREAS.
SCOTT, CARENCRO, LAFAYETTE AND DUSON FIRE FIGHTERS BATTLED AN EARLY MORNING HOUSE FIRE. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE DETAILS.
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A SAINT MARTINVILLE MAN, WANTED FOR ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER, TURNED HIMSELF INTO AUTHORITIES SATURDAY AFTERNOON. EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD LATHAN JON BROWN WAS CONNECTED TO A SHOOTING IN THE SIXTEEN-HUNDRED BLOCK OF SMEDE HIGHWAY. THREE PEOPLE WERE INJURED, ONE OF WHOM EVENTUALLY DIED. PREVIOUSLY, NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL JORDAN ZACHARY OF WASHINGTON HAD BEEN ARRESTED FOR SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
NEW IBERIA POLICE, RESPONDING TO A WELFARE CONCERN AT A HOME ON POLLARD AVEUNE SATURDAY MORNING, FOUND A MAN DEAD INSIDE. THEY DISCOVERED THE MAN’S VEHICLE WAS MISSING AND IT WAS LATER LOCATED BY POLICE, WHO TRIED TO GET THE DRIVER TO PULL OVER. HE WOULDN’T AND A CHASE ENSUED. THE CHASE ENDED WHEN POLICE DISABLED THE VEHICLE ON POYDRAS PLACE IN BREAUX BRIDGE. THE DRIVER, THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD MARKLIN REAUX, WHO WAS A RELATIVE OF THE HOMOCIDE VICTIM, WAS BOOKED INTO THE IBERIA PARISH JAIL FOR FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND OTHER CHARGES.
