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THE TWO MEN, ACCUSED IN THE HOMOCIDES OF JUSTIN ZENO AND SKYLAR BARRY ON JANUARY 12TH IN BROUSSARD, ARE NOW IN LAFAYETTE. TRE’VON WOODS AND CHRISTOPHER BURNS WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER FROM RADCLIFF, KENTUCKY OVER THE WEEKEND. LAFAYETTE DETECTIVES WENT TO RADCLIFFE AT WHICH TIME ONE OF THE MEN ALLEGEDLY CONFESSED TO THE MURDERS. A WHITE DODGE CALIBER WAS SEEN ON SURVEILLANCE IN THE AREA WHERE ZENO WAS KILLED AND RADCLIFF POLICE FOUND IT WITH WOODS AND BURNS INSIDE AND ARRESTED THEM ON JANUARY 31ST.
SOWELA TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN LAKE CHARLES IS HOSTING THE THIRD ANNUAL FLYING TIGERS CAR SHOW THIS WEEKEND. VEHICLES OF ALL MAKES, MODELS AND YEARS WILL BE ON DISPLAY AND JUDGED. THE EVENT IS FROM NINE TO THREE ON SATURDAY AND THE ADMISSION FEE IS FIVE DOLLARS FOR THOSE OVER THE AGE OF 13. THE PROCEEDS FROM THE EVENT WILL GO TOWARDS STUDENT SUCCESS THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS AND FUNDS.
IN JUST THREE MONTHS, THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS ALREADY INVESTIGATED THREE MURDERS. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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Hazing that kills someone is closer to becoming a felony crime in Louisiana as a proposal to strengthen the penalty sailed through the state House. Rep. Nancy Landry’s bill was backed 87-0 Monday, followed by a round of applause. The Lafayette Republican’s proposal would make hazing that kills someone punishable by up to five years in prison. State law currently treats hazing as a misdemeanor with a maximum penalty of up to 30 days in jail.
THE ACADIANA MALL IN LAFAYETTE IS UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. THE MARKETING MANAGER TELLS KLFY TV THAT OPERATIONS WILL REMAIN THE SAME. THE NEW MANAGEMENT IS OUT OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK. THEY OPERATE TEN OTHER MALLS.
A TEMPORARY BIKE LANE IS COMING TO SULPHUR. SOUTH HUNTINGTON STREET WILL TRANSFORM INTO A “COMPLETE STREET” WITH BIKERS GETTING THEIR OWN LANE. JOHN O’DONNELL WITH A HEALTHIER SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA TELLS KPLC TV THAT COMPLETE STREETS ARE ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THAT IMPROVE THE ECONOMY AND PUBLIC HEALTH AND MAKES STREETS SAFER. AMANDA WHITE WITH THE SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ECONOMIC ALLIANCE SAYS IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT CYCLING, BECAUSE IT ALSO PROVIDES A SAFE PLACE TO WALK, IT’S BETTER FOR PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS AND IT’S A BETTER PLACE TO DRIVE.
A RAYNE WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON ONE COUNT OF ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER. SHERIFF K-P GIBSON SAYS A MAN WENT TO VISIT HIS CHILDREN ON SATURDAY WHEN HE GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH 25-YEAR-OLD JHKEYA TEZENO, BUT HE LEFT TO KEEP THE HOSTILITIES FROM ESCALATING. WHEN HE EXITED HIS VEHICLE AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH RICELAND ROAD AND HIGHWAY 90, SHOTS WERE FIRED AT HIM, THOUGH HE WAS NOT HIT. TEZENO WAS ARRESTED SUNDAY MORNING AND BOOKED INTO THE ACADIA PARISH JAIL WHERE HER BOND WAS SET AT FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Louisiana lawmakers have agreed to a more than $600 million borrowing plan to finance three interstate projects aimed at alleviating traffic snarls and boosting economic development. The joint House and Senate budget committee agreed without objection Monday to the plan pushed by Gov. John Bel Edwards. Other approvals are needed before construction can begin. Louisiana will use federal construction bonds that will be repaid over 12 years with federal highway dollars.
