4-25-22
A TODDLER DIED FROM AN APPARENT ACCIDENTAL GUNSHOT SATURDAY NIGHT IN LAFAYETTE. DETECTIVES SAY A FAMILY WAS STAYING AT A HOTEL ON THE EVANGELINE THRUWAY AND, WHEN A FAMILY MEMBER STEPPED OUT OF THE ROOM, THEY HEARD A GUNSHOT. WHEN THEY REENTERED, THEY FOUND THE BOY WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE ABDOMEN AND HE LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. THE SHOOTING IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED BY LAFAYETTE POLICE.
THE FAMILY OF A SAINT LANDRY PARISH MAN ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR HIM. THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD NATHANIEL MELANCON WAS LAST SEEN ON MARCH TWENTY-NINTH IN GRAND COTEAU. HIS CAR WAS FOUND IN THE SHERBURNE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AT WHISKEY BAY. MELANCON IS BLACK, SIX-ONE, TWO HUNDRED FORTY POUNDS. ANYONE WHO KNOWS WHERE HE IS LOCATED IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE, THE POINT COUPEE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE OR GRAND COTEAU POLICE.
A MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR SELLING DRUGS TO CUSTOMERS AT THE PETO’S TRUCK STOP IN ROANOKE. JEFF DAVIS PARISH CHIEF DEPUTY CHRIS IVEY SAYS THEY RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT A MAN SELLING ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES. DEPUTIES ASKED THE MAN TO LEAVE AND, WHEN HE WOULDN’T, THEY PATTED HIM DOWN AND FOUND A PILL BOTTLE WITH VARIOUS COLORED TABLETS. THE MAN, TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD RICHARD MOISES ARGUELLO OF NEDERLAND, TEXAS, WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTIBUTE CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES AND RESISTING ARREST.
THE RATE OF BABIES BORN WITH SYPHILIS ROSE BY SIXTY-SEVEN PERCENT IN LOUISIANA, GOING FROM SIXTY-THREE CASES IN TWENTY-TWENTY TO ONE HUNDRED FIVE CASES IN TWENTY-TWENTY-ONE. LOUISIANA’S RATE OF SYPHILIS AMONG BABIES IS NOW OVER TWENTY TIMES THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST DATA. CASES ROSE THE MOST IN THE ACADIANA REGION. THEY ARE UP THREE HUNDRED THIRTY THREE PERCENT IN ACADIANA.
A PERSON IN LAFAYETTE PARISH DIED FROM A POSSIBLE OVERDOSE. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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TWO COMMUNITY LEADERS IN NEW IBERIA SAT DOWN TO DISCUSS GUN VIOLENCE THAT’S PLAGUING THE CITY. EIGHTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD ELAINE CAMPBELL, WHO STARTED THE EBONY JOURNAL, A BLACK-OWNED NEWSPAPER, SAYS THAT KIDS TODAY FEEL THEY’RE OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY. EVANGELIST DONOVAN D. DAVIS TELLS KLFY TV YOUNG PEOPLE DON’T KNOW OR UNDERSTAND HOW TO RESOLVE DIFFERENCES THROUGH THE ART OF DIPLOMACY. EACH LEADER AGREES THAT GUN VIOLENCE IS A CONSTANT BATTLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO STOP IT.
Northrop Grumman says it’s laying off 120 workers in Lake Charles. KPLC-TV reports Northrop Grumman spokesman Jared Krull said the company notified the employees Tuesday that May 5 will be their last day. He said the layoffs are a result of the U.S. Air Force’s decision to retire the Joint STARS fleet. Krull said the company held an internal job fair where employees were able to interview for open positions at other Northrop Grumman facilities that did not have to make reductions.
3A HOUSTON-AREA DEVELOPMENT GROUP IS PLANNING TO BUILD A TWENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLAR MIXED-USE PROJECT THAT WOULD BE BUILT NEAR THE YOUNGSVILLE SPORTS COMPLEX. IT WOULD INCLUDE THE CITY’S FIRST HOTEL WITH EIGHTY TO EIGHTY-FIVE ROOMS. THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE OVER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE, RETAIL AND RESTAURANT SPACE. THEY ALSO PLAN TO INCLUDE GREEN SPACE WITH A TOWN CENTER-TYPE DESIGN.
