4-24-17
A WOMAN WAS HIT BY A CAR AND DRAGGED IN DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE AT AROUND 2:30 SUNDAY MORNING, AND THEN THE BLACK SEDAN LEFT THE SCENE. EYEWITNESSES TOLD KLFY TV THAT THE WOMAN HAD BEEN IN AN ARGUMENT WITH THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE BEFORE SHE WAS STRUCK. THE WOMAN WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL WITH MODERATE INJURIES AND SHE’S EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY, ACCORDING TO PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER KARL RATCLIFF. HE SAYS THE ACCIDENT, WHICH HAPPENED NEAR THE CORNER OF JEFFERSON AND GARFIELD STREETS, IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
A BEAUREGARD PARISH MAN IS FACING A SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGE FOR THE DEATH OF 22-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN GRANTHAM OF SULPHUR. THE VEHICLE BELONGING TO GRANTHAM, WHO HAD BEEN REPORTED MISSING ON MARCH 27TH, WAS FOUND ABANDONED, AND AN INVESTIGATION FOUND IT HAD BEEN IN THE POSSESSION OF RANDALL PAUL LANGLEY. DURING QUESTIONING, LANGLEY ADMITTED KILLING GRANTHAM AND TOLD INVESTIGATORS THE BODY WAS AT BARNES CREEK PARK NEAR LONGVILLE, WHERE IT WAS FOUND BY AUTHORITIES FRIDAY AT AROUND NOON. IN 2013 LANGLEY FACED A SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGE FOR THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE, BUT PLEADED TO MANSLAUGHTER.
THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING DEATH OF AN 80-YEAR-OLD WOMAN. FAMILY MEMBERS CALLED THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY AFTER FINDING BULLET HOLES IN THE WOMAN’S FRONT DOOR. AUTHORITIES FORCED THE DOOR OPEN AND FOUND THE BODY OF BERTHA HILL LYING ON THE FLOOR WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS. COMMUNITY MEMBERS THIS WEEKEND HELD A PRAYER WALK IN RESPONSE TO THE INCREASING VIOLENCE IN NEW IBERIA.
Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain is encouraging Louisiana’s farmers and ranchers to participate in the federal agricultural census. The U.S. Department of Agriculture conducts the census every five years, aimed at collecting a complete count of all farms, ranches and their operators across the country. Strain says the census is an important information source to ensure farmers and ranchers are recognized and properly represented. People who are new to farming can sign up to receive the latest Census of Agriculture report at agcensus.usda.gov .
A LAFAYETTE ATTORNEY HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF FORGERY. AN INVESTIGATION BY THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE LED THEM TO BELIEVE HAROLD REGISTER JUNIOR FORGED ONE OF HIS CLIENT’S CHECKS. HE DEPOSITED THE CHECK, WORTH 12,500 DOLLARS, INTO HIS OWN ACCOUNT. REGISTER SURRENDERED TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE FRIDAY EVENING AND WAS BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER, WITH HIS BOND SET AT FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
A WOMAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED LAST NIGHT IN VILLE PLATTE. POLICE CHIEF NEAL LARTIGUE TOLD KLFY TV THAT THE WOMAN WAS STANDING OUTSIDE AT AROUND NINE P-M WHEN SHE WAS SHOT. IT HAPPENED IN THE 500 BLOCK OF NORTH CHATAGNIER ROAD. HER NAME HAS BEEN WITHHELD PENDING NOTIFICATION OF FAMILY MEMBERS.
CROWLEY POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A 22-YEAR-OLD MAN AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED TO POLICE THAT HE ARRANGED TO HAVE INAPPRIATE RELATIONS WITH AN UNDERAGE GIRL AT A LOCAL BASEBALL PARK. JULIE DARCE REPORTS.
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Changes that Gov. John Bel Edwards made to his business tax plan in hopes of lessening criticism have cut in half the estimate of what the tax will raise. That makes his budget-stabilizing tax package hundreds of millions of dollars short of what Edwards wanted to generate. When the Democratic governor first introduced a plan to tax companies’ gross receipts, the administration expected it to bring in $800 million to $900 million a year. With new carve-outs for certain businesses, Revenue Secretary Kimberly Robinson says the bill would raise an estimated $400 million annually.
