5-12-21
A GRAND JURY HAS DECIDED NOT TO INDICT ANY OFFICERS IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF TRAYFORD PELLERIN. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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A NEW IBERIA MAN WAS CONVICTED BY A JURY OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER ON MONDAY. JORIE WALKER WAS SEVENTEEN-YEARS-OLD IN TWENTY-EIGHTEEN WHEN HE SHOT AND KILLED TWENTY-YEAR-OLD LAVONNE JOHNSON IN THE PARKING LOT OF A NEW IBERIA MCDONALD’S RESTAURANT. WALKER SHOT JOHNSON SEVERAL TIMES WHILE THEY WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF ARGUING. WALKER FACES LIFE IMPRISONMENT WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE WHEN HE IS SENTENCED ON JULY TWENTIETH.
The Louisiana Senate has started advancing regulations for sports wagering that would allow people to bet on athletic competitions at sports book locations and through mobile applications. Voters in 55 of Louisiana’s 64 parishes agreed to allow sports betting, but lawmakers have to set the rules and the tax rates before the gambling can begin. The regulatory measure sent to the Senate floor Tuesday by a judiciary committee is sponsored by Republican Senate President Page Cortez. Louisiana’s casinos and racetracks would be given first chance to get the 20 licenses that would be available.
A SULPHUR MAN, WHO HAD BEEN ATTACKED BY DOGS, DIED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER BEING AIRLIFTED TO A LAFAYETTE HOSPITAL. FRIENDS AND FAMILY GATHERED LAST NIGHT TO REMEMBER TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD DUSTIN VINCENT. HE HAD GONE TO VISIT A FAMILY MEMBER AT A HOME ON PLATT STREET AND ENTERED THE BACKYARD, WHERE HE WAS ATTACKED BY THREE PIT BULLS. FOUR DOGS WERE TAKEN TO SULPHUR ANIMAL CONTROL WHERE THEY WILL BE TESTED FOR RABIES.
THE KIWANIS CLUB OF LAFAYETTE HAS HELPED INCREASE PARTICIPATION OF ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN AN ACCELERATED READER PROGRAM THIS YEAR. THEY PARTNERED WITH THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM TO AWARD RAFFLE TICKETS TO STUDENTS WHO EARN POINTS IN THE PROGRAM. STUDENTS AT THE TWENTY-FOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN PRIZES IN THE DRAWING THIS MONTH. PARTICIPATION IN THE ACCELERATED PROGRAM HAS INCREASED BY FIFTY-EIGHT PERCENT SINCE THE FALL SEMESTER, ACCORDING TO KIWANIS.
ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S DETECTIVES ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN THEY BELIEVE TOOK PART IN RECENT FOUR WHEELER THEFTS. DURING THE INVESTIGATION, THEY RECOVERED ONE OF THE FOUR WHEELERS. THEY HAVE SECURED A WARRANT FOR THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD SCOTTY GLENN TOUCHET, WHOSE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS WAS IN BRANCH. IF YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS LOCATED, YOU’RE ASKED TO CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS, WHERE UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.
THERE WERE FIVE HUNDRED FIVE NEW CONFIRMED COVID-NINETEEN CASES IN YESTERDAY’S LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORT. THE NUMBER OF DEATHS STATEWIDE INCREASED BY TEN, PUTTING THE TOTAL JUST OVER NINE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED. COVID-NINETEEN HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE DOWN BY FOUR IN LOUISIANA. THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS WENT DOWN BY THREE TO THIRTY-ONE TOTAL.
FOR SIX DAYS IN A ROW, THE DEATH TOLL IN ACADIANA FROM COVID-NINETEEN HAS REMAINED THE SAME AT ONE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED THIRTEEN. THERE WERE TWO ADDITIONAL DEATHS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA… IN BEAUREGARD AND JEFF DAVIS PARISHES. ACADIANA REPORTED ONE HUNDRED TWELVE NEW CASES, INCLUDING THIRTY IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA’S CASE TOTAL IS UP BY THIRTY-FOUR, MOST ALL OF WHICH WERE IN CALCASIEU PARISH WITH THIRTY MORE.
