4-18-25
A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY SHOT HIS WIFE AND SHOT AT HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY BY ABBEVILLE POLICE WITH ASSISTANCE FROM VERMILLION PARISH DEPUTIES. FORTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD QUINTAL DAVIS WAS BOOKED INTO THE VERMILLION PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED ON NUGIER STREET WEDNESDAY. DAVIS’ WIFE WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES AND IS IN A LAFAYETTE HOSPITAL.
A LAFAYETTE MAN AND HIS TWO DAUGHTERS WERE INDICTED IN FEDERAL COURT FOR SCHEMING TO DEFRAUD A NATIONAL FOOD PROGRAM. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE DETAILS.
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GROUND WILL BE BROKEN SOON ON A NEW FIFTY-ONE MILLION DOLLAR COURTHOUSE FOR CALCASIEU PARISH. IT WILL BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE BUILDING PROJECT THE POLICE JURY HAS EVER UNDERTAKEN. CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE MONTHS. THE CURRENT COURTHOUSE WILL BE DEMOLISHED ONCE THE NEW FACILITY IS COMPLETE AND AGENCIES HAVE MOVED IN, ACCORDING TO THE POLICE JURY.
A BILL MOVED OUT OF THE STATE HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE THAT WOULD OVERHAUL SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNTS THAT STUDENTS GET FROM TOPS. THE BILL’S CO-AUTHORS, REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVES LAURIE SCHLEGEL AND CHRISTOPHER TURNER, SAY THEY WANT TO BRING SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNTS MORE IN LINE WITH COLLEGE COSTS. THE BILL CREATES A TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLAR ANNUAL EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR THE HIGHEST-SCORING STUDENTS AND SETS NEW STANDARD AMOUNTS FOR THE OTHER TOPS AWARDS. IF APPROVED AND SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR, IT’S ESTIMATED TO COST THE STATE AN ADDITIONAL FORTY-SEVEN-POINT-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.
THE TAX CUT FOR OUR SENIORS AND VETERANS ACT WAS INTRODUCED IN THE STATE HOUSE BY DEMOCRAT STATE REPRESENTATIVE ALONZO KNOX. IT WOULD PROVIDE AN EXTRA TWELVE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR STATE INCOME TAX DEDUCTION. IT WOULD APPLY FOR THOSE SIXTY-FIVE AND OLDER AND FOR THOSE VETERANS WITH A FIFTY PERCENT OR MORE SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY RATING. IF APPROVED, THE DEDUCTION WOULD GO INTO EFFECT IN THE TWENTY-TWENTY-SIX TAX YEAR.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHERED FOR A BALLOON RELEASE TO REMEMBER FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD RAYLON DANIELS, WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED LAST SATURDAY DURING NEW IBERIA’S SPANISH FESTIVAL. DANIELS WAS A MULTI-SPORT ATHLETE AT BELLE PLACE MIDDLE SCHOOL. A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND IS BEING HELD IN JUVENILE DETENTION ON A MURDER CHARGE. DANIEL’S MOTHER SAYS THE SHOOTING MAY HAVE BEEN OVER A DISAGREEMENT CONCERNING BASKETBALL, BUT NEW IBERIA POLICE HAVE NOT CONFIRMED IT.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD AN APPRECIATION EVENT FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS AT ACADIANA HIGH SCHOOL YESTERDAY. ALL TWO HUNDRED SIXTY BUS DRIVERS WERE TREATED TO JAMBALAYA LUNCHES AND RECEIVED RECOGNITION FOR THEIR HARD WORK. SUPERINTENDENT FRANCIS TOUCHET SAYS NINETY-EIGHT PERCENT OF ROUTES ARE COVERED IN LAFAYETTE PARISH, A TESTAMENT TO WHAT BUS DRIVERS AND ATTENDANTS ARE DOING TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS GET TO AND FROM SCHOOL. A BELL SCHEDULE CHANGE IS PLANNED FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR TO ADDRESS BUS SHORTAGES.
THE SAINT MARTINVILLE FIRE AND POLICE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD MET AT CITY HALL TO DISCUSS THEIR NEXT STEPS CONCERNING THE TERMINATION APPEAL OF FORMER DEPUTY CHIEF CODY LAPEROUSE. BOARD PRESIDENT MICHAEL FORMELLER SAYS THEY MADE PROCEDURAL ERRORS IN AN APPEALS HEARING AND THEY ARE NEGATING THAT MEETING SO THEY’LL BE ON GOOD GROUNDS AGAIN. LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL LIZ MURRILL FILED A LAWSUIT OVER VIOLATIONS OF OPEN MEETINGS LAW BY THE BOARD. FORMELLER TELLS KLFY TV THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE RULES OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN HOPES OF GETTING THE LAWSUIT REMOVED.
