4-28-23
A LAFAYETTE TEACHER WAS ESCORTED OFF A HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS AFTER A SUGGESTIVE VIDEO SURFACED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. DANIELLE JOHNSON HAS MORE.
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A SAINT LANDRY PARISH GRAND JURY YESTERDAY INDICTED TWO PEOPLE ON MURDER CHARGES. JASON LADAY IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING HARRISON BORDENAVE ON MARCH TWENTY-EIGHTH OUTSIDE AN ANYTIME FITNESS CLUB IN OPELOUSAS. HE WAS INDICTED ON CHARGES OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM. THE GRAND JURY ALSO INDICTED SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD SA’DAVIAN GEORGE ON ONE COUNT OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER FOR THE DRIVE-BY SHOOTING OF RODERICK AARON JUNIOR NEAR BENNY’S SUPERMARKET IN OPELOUSAS.
CONTRACTORS, DESIGNERS, AND OTHERS COMPETING TO BUILD THE I-TEN CALCASIEU RIVER BRIDGE HAVE FORMED A GROUP TO DEVELOP A WINNING PROPOSAL. THEY HELD A COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENT AT THE WEST CAL AREAN TO GIVE LOCAL BUSINESSES A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE. ONE OF THE COMPANIES COMPETING TO GET THE PROJECT IS THE I-X-B BRIDGE GROUP.
I-X-B PROJECT MANAGER TOM MADISON TELLS KPLC TV THAT, THOUGH IT MAY NOT BE UNTIL LATE NEXT YEAR WHEN DECISIONS ARE MADE, THE PROJECT IS COMING, AND NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO CONSIDER IF YOUR BUSINESS CAN PARTICIPATE.
STATE HOUSE SPEAKER CLAY SCHEXNAYDER ABRUPTLY PULLED HIS BILL THIS WEEK, INTENDING TO TWEAK CURRENT HEMP RULES, AFTER GETTING A CHILLY RECEPTION FROM HIS COLLEAGUES, WHO WANT A STRICTER SET OF RULES. SCHEXNAYDER AMENDED HIS BILL TO LIMIT HEMP-DERIVED T-H-C FROM EIGHT MILLIGRAMS PER SERVING TO FIVE MILLIGRAMS. HE’S NOW HAMMERING OUT FURTHER LIMITS AND A BILL WILL BE HEARD NEXT WEEK, ACCORDING TO THE ADVOCATE. TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED HEMP RETAILERS HAVE POPPED UP IN LOUISIANA AFTER NEW HEMP LAWS WERE PASSED OVER RECENT YEARS AND MANY OF THEM SELL GUMMIES AND TINCTURES THAT CAUSE PSYCHOACTIVE EFFECTS.
THE LOUISIANA SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A BILL BY STATE SENATOR HEATHER CLOUD OF TURKEY CREEK THAT WOULD LIMIT ACCESS TO SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT IN LIBRARIES. THE BILL WOULD REQUIRE LIBRARIES TO ADOPT CARD SYSTEMS IN WHICH PARENTS COULD SELECT A CARD ALLOWING THEIR CHILD TO CHECK OUT SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIALS. CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS DO NOT SIGN OFF ON THE CARD WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED ACCESS TO THAT MATERIAL. TESTIMONY WAS CUT SHORT BY THE COMMITTEE EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE WAITING TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINION ON THE BILL.
A LAFAYETTE GRAND JURY HAS UPGRADED THE CHARGES AGAINST A LAFAYETTE MAN IN THE DEATH OF A ONE-YEAR-OLD CHILD LAST SEPTEMBER. IN DECEMBER THE GRAND JURY INDICTED THIRTY-YEAR-OLD DILLON WAYNE CORMIER ON A SECOND-DEGREE MURDER CHARGE. THIS WEEK, THEY UPGRADED THE CHARGE TO FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. THE GRAND JURY AT THE SAME TIME INDICTED TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD DEZIREE SUTTOON ON A CHARGE OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AS WELL.
EXPECT DELAYS IF YOU’RE TRAVELING EAST ON THE I-TEN ATCHAFALAYA BASIN BRIDGE TODAY. THE RIGHT LANE AND SHOULDER AT MILE MARKER ONE-TWENTY-ONE-POINT-TWO NEAR LAKE PELBA WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL AROUND THREE P-M. ROAD CREWS ARE CONDUCTING EMERGENCY BRIDGE REPAIRS. MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE BECAUSE OF THE EXPECTED TRAFFIC DELAYS.
VILLE PLATTE POLICE MADE AN ARREST IN CONNECTION TO A SHOOTING DEATH THAT HAPPENED MONDAY AFTERNOON. JAWASKI THOMAS WAS FOUND IN THE SIX HUNDRED BLOCK OF EAST BEAUREGARD STREET WHERE HE HAD DIED FROM A SINGLE SHOT TO THE BACK. AN INVESTIGATION LED TO A WARRANT BEING ISSUED FOR JAMES JIMBO FONTENOT OF VILLE PLATTE, WHO WAS FOUND AND ARRESTED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES. FONTENOT WAS BOOKED INTO THE PARISH JAIL ON A CHARGE OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT ONE-POINT-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.
