4-18-24
A LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER RECEIVED LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES FROM A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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VILLE PLATTE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A HOMOCIDE ON REVEREND E-D ALFRED STREET TUESDAY. FORTY-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER GUILLORY SUFFERRED MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS. HIS MOTHER, ROSE GUILLORY, TELLS KLFY TV THAT IT’S VERY HARD TO SEE YOUR CHILD LYING DOWN FULL OF BLOOD. SHE SAYS HER FAMILY IS DEMANDING ANSWERS AND JUSTICE.
Louisiana is awaiting a decision from three federal judges that could affect the balance of power in Congress — and the fortunes of two prominent state politicians. At issue is a congressional map that was approved this year with the backing of the state’s new Republican governor, Jeff Landry, though some Republicans aren’t happy about it. The map creates a new mostly Black congressional district in Louisiana, at the expense of a white Republican incumbent, Rep. Garret Graves. Graves backed a Landry opponent last fall.
A RECALL ELECTION OF ELTON MAYOR KESIA LEMOINE IS ON THE APRIL TWENTY-SEVENTH BALLOT. A RECALL EFFORT BEGAN AFTER KPLC TV REPORTED ON POSSIBLE VOTING IRREGULARITIES IN THE ELECTION OF MAYOR LEMOINE. ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS OF THE RECALL ELECTION, MARILYNN GRANGER, SAYS THE PEOPLE OF ELTON HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOICE THEIR OPINION IF THEY WANT A RECALL OR NOT. LEMOINE’S OPPONENT IN THE LAST ELECTION, BRANDON KELLEY, WHO ALSO IS PART OF THE RECALL ELECTION EFFORT, SAYS, WHATEVER THE RESULT, IT WILL LET ELECTED OFFICIALS KNOW THAT ELTON RESIDENTS ARE WATCHING THEM.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD HAS APPROVED AN INCREASE IN HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS. THE BOARD VOTED TO INCREASE PREMIUMS BY FIVE PERCENT FOR ACTIVE EMPLOYEES AND THE PREMIUM FOR RETIREES WOULD GROW BY FIFTEEN PERCENT. THE INCREASE WOULD GO INTO EFFECT IN JULY IF THE BUDGET IS APPROVED. EMPLOYEE DEDUCTIBLES WOULD GO UP AS WELL BEGINNING IN JANUARY.
A VICTIM IN LAST WEEK’S STORMS IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH IS STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND IS BEING TREATED AT A NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL. THE FAMILY OF FIFTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD MARY JANE AGGISON SAY SHE IS PARALYZED FROM THE STOMACH DOWN AND CANNOT BREATHE ON HER OWN. MARY’S SISTER, PEGGY AYMOND, TELLS KLFY TV THERE WAS A LINE OF CARS AT THE YAMBILEE BUILDING AND SHE SAW A TREE SNAP AND FALL ON MARY’S CAR. PEGGY ORGANIZED A FUNDRAISER FOR MARY AT GOFUNDME-DOT-COM AND SHE’S HOPING TO RAISE TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Louisiana lawmakers are debating bills about where people can carry concealed firearms. A Democrat-authored measure that would have added places including child day care centers and nursing homes to the list of firearm-free zones was rejected by a Republican-controlled committee Wednesday. A Republican-authored bill seeking to limit people who can carry guns in “major entertainment districts” was deferred in hopes of advancing it at a later date. Another Republican-authored measure allowing people to carry concealed firearms in restaurants that serve alcohol was approved by the committee.
A CHURCH POINT WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING MORE THAN TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE WOMAN SHE WAS TAKING CARE OF. FIFTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD VANESSA VENABLE HAS BEEN A CARETAKER FOR A SEVENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD WOMAN OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD AND HAD ACCESS TO THE WOMAN’S CHECKBOOK AND BANK CARD TO PAY FOR THE WOMAN’S BASIC NEEDS. THE FAMILY OF THE WOMAN FOUND VENABLE ALLEGEDLY USED THE BANK CARD AT THREE DIFFERENT CASINOS. VENABLE WAS BOOKED INTO THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH JAIL AND HER BOND WAS SET AT TWENTY-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
