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AN ACADIANA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WAS KILLED IN A SHOOTING OVER THE WEEKEND. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED SUNDAY AT THE ILE DES CANNES APARTMENTS ON SWEETBRIAR STREET. THE STUDENT, WHOSE NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL AND LATER DIED. THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM SAYS THE VICTIM WAS ALSO A STUDENT AT THE W-D AND MARY BAKER SMITH CAREER CENTER.
THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD RYLON DANIELS OF NEW IBERIA ARE LOOKING BACK ONE YEAR AFTER HE WAS KILLED NEAR THE SPANISH FESTIVAL. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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LOUISIANA’S ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS FILED A MOTION IN THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS OVER A MAIL-IN ABORTION DRUG RULE. LIZ MURRILL SAYS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION UNLAWFULLY REMOVED AN IN-PERSON DISPENSING REQUIREMENT FOR MIFEPRISTONE. SHE’S ASKED THE COURT TO ISSUE A STAY ON THE RULE. MURRILL SAYS THE DISTRICT COURT HAS CONCLUDED LOUISIANA IS LIKELY TO WIN THEIR LAWSUIT OVER THE RULE AND IS SUFFERING IRREPERABLE HARM.
A PORT BARRE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON THREE COUNTS OF TERRORIZING. SIXTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD ALAN GUIDROZ ALLEGEDLY USED A C-B RADIO TO COMMUNICATE THREATS TO OTHER C-B OPERATORS IN THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND. THE THREATS INCLUDED CLAIMS HE KNEW WHERE THE VICTIMS LIVED AND HE WOULD GO TO THEIR HOMES, KILL THEM AND BLOW UP THEIR HOUSES WITH THEIR FAMILIES INSIDE. POLICE WENT TO GUIDROZ’ HOME AND FOUND THE C-B RADIO WITH ITS COMPONENTS.
A DRIVER WHO CAUSED A HIT-AND-RUN CRASH ON VEROT SCHOOL ROAD IN LAFAYETTE WAS ALLEGEDLY INTOXICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN ON VIDEO DRIVING ERRATICALLY, INCLUDING SIDESWIPING VEHICLES, BEFORE COLLIDING WITH A PICKUP TRUCK. THE TRUCK SPUN OUT AND HIT A UTILITY POLE AT VEROT SCHOOL AND DIGBY ROADS. LAWRENCE CHRISTY THE SECOND FACES CHARGES OF O-W-I SECOND OFFENSE AND CARELESS OPERATION.
A BILL PENDING DEBATE IN THE STATE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE WOULD CREATE A PUBLIC REGISTRY FOR REPEATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENDERS. THE BILL, AUTHORED BY STATE SENATOR MARK ABRAHAM OF LAKE CHARLES, WOULD MANDATE PERSONS WITH THREE OR MORE DOMESTIC OFFENSES BE REGISTERED IN THE HABITUAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENDER REGISTRY. ABRAHAM SAYS IT WOULD ALLOW SOMEONE THAT’S GOING OUT WITH SOMEONE NEW TO CHECK THE REGISTRY TO SEE IF THEY ARE ON IT. TENNESSEE IS THE ONLY STATE WITH SUCH A REGISTRY.
A CRASH ON I-TEN NEAR HENDERSON CAUSED TRAFFIC CONGESTION YESTERDAY. TWO EIGHTEEN-WHEELERS WERE INVOLVED IN THE CRASH THAT BLOCKED THE RIGHT WESTBOUND LANE FOR A FEW HOURS. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT SAYS THE LANE WAS REOPEND AT AROUND ONE-THIRTY P-M. STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH.
A CLEAN-UP DAY WAS HELD THIS PAST SATURDAY IN IOTA. THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE, THE MAYOR, HIS FAMILY, A MEMBER OF THE TOWN COUNCIL AND A BOY SCOUT TROOP PARTICIPATED. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE REPORTED THAT FIFTEEN BAGS OF TRASH WERE COLLECTED. THEY NOTED THE TOWN OF IOTA WAS ALREADY IN EXCELLENT CONDITION PRIOR TO THE CLEANUP, REFLECTING THE TOWN’S COMMITMENT TO CLEANLINESS.
