4-21-22
ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND TWO MORE INJURED AFTER A SHOOTING MONDAY ON INTERSTATE TEN NEAR LAFAYETTE. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH COUNCIL VOTED LAST NIGHT TO REMOVE A CONFEDERATE MONUMENT FROM IN FRONT OF THE PARISH COURTHOUSE. FORMER DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARLES CRAVINS SPEARHEADED THE EFFORT TO REMOVE THE STATUE. HE SAYS IT WAS PUT THERE ORIGINALLY TO DETER AFRICAN AMERICANS FROM VOTING. THE MONUMENT WILL BE DONATED TO EITHER THE SONS OR DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY.
Gov. John Bel Edwards says he remains opposed to legislation to keep transgender athletes in Louisiana from competing on college and K-12 women’s and girls’ sport teams. The Democratic governor said Wednesday that the bill is unnecessary and appears to be mean-spirited, but he stopped short of saying he would veto the legislation, as he did last year. The state Senate approved the bill on a 29-6 vote Tuesday. The measure by Republican Sen. Beth Mizell of Franklinton goes next to the House.
TWO SULPHUR MEN WERE ARRESTED FOR A CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFT AT A BOAT LAUNCH IN VINTON. CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES INTERVIEWED THE TWO SUSPECTS, THIRTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD DUSTIN R. LANDRY AND THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA R. HICKMAN, WHO ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED THEY STOLE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. BURGLARY TOOLS WERE FOUND IN A SEARCH OF THEIR VEHICLE. THEY’VE EACH BEEN CHARGED WITH THEFT OF ONE THOUSAND TO FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND SIMPLE CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM IS SEEING MORE INTEREST IN TEACHER OPENINGS AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF STIPENDS THAT WILL BE GIVEN TO QUALIFIED TEACHERS AT SELECT SCHOOLS. THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHOWING INTEREST IN THE TEACHING JOBS, ACCORDING TO DIVERSITY AND EQUITY TALENT COORDINATOR NICKY WALKER. JOHN MOUTON, THE DIRECTOR OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, SAYS THEY’RE GETTING MORE PEOPLE, INCLUDING THEIR OWN TEACHERS, WHO ARE ASKING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO QUALIFY FOR THE STIPENDS. PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY SIGNED ON BUT MOUTON SAYS THERE ARE STILL OPENINGS AND THEY’LL BE HIRING THROUGH THE SUMMER.
THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS ASKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP TO FIND A RUNAWAY TEENAGER. SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD PEYTON DUROCHER WAS LAST SEEN AT HIS PARENT’S HOME LOCATED IN THE THIRTEEN-HUNDRED BLOCK OF L. DUBOIS ROAD. HE’S DESCRIBED AS WHITE, FIVE-SIX, ONE HUNDRED FORTY-POUNDS, WITH BLUE EYES AND BROWN HAIR WITH BLONDE HIGHLIGHTS. ANYONE WHO KNOWS THE LOCATION OF DUROCHER IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
GAS PRICES IN LOUISIANA HAVE DROPPED BY ABOUT TWENTY-THREE CENTS PER GALLON OVER THE LAST MONTH. BUT PATRICK DEHAAN WITH GAS BUDDY TELL KLFY TV THAT THERE IS SOME CONCERN THEY COULD GO UP AGAIN. THAT’S BECAUSE THE PRICE OF OIL JUMPED BETWEEN THIRTEEN AND FOURTEEN DOLLARS PER BARREL OVER THE LAST WEEK. DEHAAN SAYS PRICES FOR GAS DIDN’T COME DOWN AS MUCH AS THE PRICE IN OIL OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, SO THERE IS SOME CUSHION BEFORE PRICES HAVE TO GO BACK UP.
AN ERATH MAN IS ACCUSED OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTEEN SHOOTING DEATH OF TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD HEIKEEM JALEEL HEBERT OF ABBEVILLE. ABBEVILLE POLICE CHIEF BILL SPEARMAN SAYS HEBERT WAS DRIVING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH EAST AND SEVENTH STREETS, WHEN HE WAS SHOT AND CRASHED HIS VEHICLE. RECENT ADDITIONAL FORENSIC EVIDENCE LINKS THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD DANIEL PAUL SIMON TO THE SHOOTING. SIMON, WHO WAS ALREADY IN JAIL ON UNRELATED CHARGES, WILL NOW FACE FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGES.
