5-13-24
IN ABBEVILLE, ONE PERSON WAS ARRESTED AFTER ATTEMPTING TO ENTER SAINT MARY MAGDALINE CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH A FIREARM. GERALD GRUENIG REPORTS.
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A LAFAYETTE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR THE MURDER OF THIRTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD ALEXIS NOTTO, WHO WAS SHOT IN FRONT OF HER HOME IN SCOTT THURSDAY AS SHE WAS LEAVING FOR WORK. THE FAMILY OF NOTTO SAY SHE AND TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD JAQUELLE CARTER WERE LIVING TOGETHER BUT THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF HELPING HER MOVE OUT. AN ALTERCATION BETWEEN THE TWO ALLEGEDLY LED TO THE SHOOTING AND POLICE BELIEVE CARTER TOSSED THE GUN INTO A NEARBY FIELD SOMEWHERE ALONG I-TEN. CARTER IS THE FATHER OF TWO OF NOTTO’S FOUR CHILDREN, ALL OF WHOM ARE UNDER THE AGE OF NINE.
CRAWFISH FARMERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. CONGRESSMAN CLAY HIGGINS SAYS THE U-S-D-A GRANTED HIS REQUEST TO INCLUDE CRAWFISH FARMERS FOR THE ASSISTANCE DUE TO LAST YEAR’S DROUGHT. HE SAYS THE DECISION TO INCLUDE CRAWFISH IN THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR LIVESTOCK, HONEY BEES AND FARM-RAISED FISH PROGRAM IS A WIN FOR LOUISIANA FARMERS. TO APPLY FOR ASSISTANCE, CRAWFISH FARMERS CAN CONTACT THEIR FARM SERVICE AGENCY AT THEIR LOCAL U-S-D-A SERVICE CENTER OR GO ONLINE TO U-S-D-A-DOT-GOV.
A JEFF DAVIS PARISH WOMAN WILL NO LONGER FACE ATTEMPTED MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES AFTER A RULING BY THE STATE SUPREME COURT ON FRIDAY. KATHLEEN MOUTON WAS ARRESTED IN AUGUST OF TWENTY-EIGHTEEN FOR ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING DMARCUS CHARLES ON SOUTH MAIN STREET IN JENNING BEFORE FLEEING THE SCENE. HER TRIAL HAS BEEN DELAYED SIX TIMES, WITH FIVE OF THE DELAYS CAUSED BY THE PROSECUTION. MOUTON’S DEFENSE TEAM FILED A MOTION TO QUASH IN AUGUST OF TWENTY-TWENTY-TWO BASED ON UNTIMELY PROSECUTION AND THE STATE SUPREME COURT GRANTED THE DEFENSE MOTION.
NEW IBERIA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING DEATH THAT HAPPENED SUNDAY EVENING. AT AROUND FIVE-THIRTY P-M, OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A SHOOTING ON JORDAN STREET. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY FOUND A MAN WHO WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH. THIS IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION AND MORE INFORMATION WILL BE RELEASED AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.
COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES WERE HELD FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FOR U-L LAFAYETTE GRADUATES. THE UNIVERSITY HANDED OUT ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED EIGHT DEGREES. THE GRADUATES CAME FROM FIFTY-TWO LOUISIANA PARISHES, THIRTY-SIX STATES AND U-S TERRITORIES AND FORTY COUNTRIES. PRESIDENT JOSEPH SAVOIE TOLD THE GRADUATES AT FRIDAY’S CEREMONY THAT THE DIPLOMA IS AN INVITATION TO CHANGE THE WORLD BOTH FOR THEMSELVES AND OTHERS.
Louisiana’s Supreme Court has agreed to reconsider its ruling that wiped out a law giving adult victims of childhood sexual abuse a renewed opportunity to file damage lawsuits. In a 4-3 ruling in March, the state’s highest court had said the law passed in 2021 conflicted with due process rights in the state constitution. Justices James Genovese, Scott Crichton, Jefferson Hughes and Piper Griffin had been in the majority in March. But in Friday’s order, Crichton and Griffin joined Chief Justice John Weimer and justices Jay McCallum and William Crain to grant a rehearing.
A SMALL PLANE CRASHED OFF THE MAIN HIGHWAY IN CECILIA SATURDAY. THE ULTRA LIGHT PLANE WENT DOWN IN A FIELD ALONG THE BANKS OF THE BAYOU TECHE NEAR TECHE ELEMENTARY. KADN TV IS REPORTING THAT THE PILOT, KENNETH SONNIER, WAS AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL IN BATON ROUGE WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH.
