5-19-23
BOTH BOYS WHO ESCAPED FROM THE ACADIANA CENTER FOR YOUTH IN SAINT MARTINVILLE WEDNESDAY EVENING ARE BACK IN CUSTODY. DANIELLE DUNCAN REPORTS.
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SOLA GIVING DAY, WHICH WAS MAY FOURTH, GENERATED MORE THAN ONE-POINT-EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS, ACCORDING TO MISSY ANDRADE, THE C-E-O OF THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ACADIANA. SHE SAYS THAT’S AROUND FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE THAN LAST YEAR. FOUR THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED-TWO DONATIONS, MADE FROM THIRTY-EIGHT STATES AND FIFTEEN COUNTRIES, WENT TO TWO HUNDRED EIGHTEEN SOUTH LOUISIANA NONPROFITS. SOLA GIVING DAY BEGAN IN TWENTY-EIGHTEEN AND, DURING THAT TIME, NEARLY EIGHT-AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN RAISED.
Louisiana legislators have received a revised sunny revenue forecast with just three weeks left for them to craft and pass a budget. Economists said Thursday that there are hundreds of millions of dollars in additional surplus funds available to spend for this year’s budget. How lawmakers spend the extra funds still remains up for debate. Gov. John Bel Edward’s administration is making the plea that his previous proposal for teacher pay raises and additional early childhood education funds should be restored.
THE BIANNUAL CHENNAULT INTERNATIONAL AIRSHOW IN LAKE CHARLES BEGINS TONIGHT. ESTIMATED CROWDS OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND ARE EXPECTED TO SHOW UP TO SEE THE F-SIXTEENS, THE THUNDERBIRDS AND THE U-S ARMY GOLDEN KNIGHTS. TICKETS FOR TOMORROW ARE SOLD OUT BUT AIRSHOW TREASURER LARRY REWERTS SAYS THERE ARE STILL TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR FRIDAY AND SUNDAY’S SHOWS. HE TELLS KPLC TV THAT THE SHOW IS EXPECTED TO BRING IN MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS TO THE AREA.
A MEMBER OF THE U-L LAFAYETTE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WATERSKI TEAM DIED SUDDENLY ON MAY SIXTH. THE CAUSE OF DEATH FOR EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD MICKY GELLER HAS NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED. U-L ANNOUNCED HIS PASSING IN A FACEBOOK POST ON WEDNESDAY. HE WAS A FRESHMAN KINESIOLOGY MAJOR FROM CARP, ONTARIO, CANADA.
SKELETAL REMAINS WERE DISCOVERED EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING NEAR SAINT JOSEPH’S CHURCH IN RAYNE. CHURCH STAFF DISCOVERED THE REMAINS ALONG WITH A NOTE WITH SYMBOLS AND OTHER ITEMS POSSIBLY TAKEN FROM A GRAVE ARRANGED IN A PECULIAR MANNER. POLICE CHIEF CARROLL STELLY SAYS THE ACADIA PARISH CORONER’S OFFICE IS WORKING TO IDENTIFY THE REMAINS AND THEY ARE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THEIR PLACEMENT AT THE CHURCH. POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED THE CONTENTS OF THE NOTE BUT THEY SAY THERE IS CURRENTLY NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST A THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY.
CONGRESSMEN CLAY HIGGINS IS RECEIVING PRAISE FROM SOME AND BACKLASH FROM OTHERS AFTER HE REMOVED AN ACTIVIST FROM A PRESS CONFERENCE. DANIELLE DUNCAN HAS MORE.
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TWO MEN FROM VILLE PLATTE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ON BATTERY CHARGES STEMMING FROM AN INCIDENT ON SEPTEMBER THIRD. EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES DETERMINED A VICTIM WAS ATTACKED BY MULTIPLE PEOPLE AT THE Y-NOT BAR LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF HIGHWAYS THIRTEEN AND TEN, AND SOMEONE USED BRASS KNUCKLES ON THE VICTIM. BASED ON VIDEO SURVEILLANCE AND WITNESS ACCOUNTS, DETECTIVES IDENTIFIED TWO SUSPECTS, FORTY-YEAR-OLD JONATHAN ALLEN SITTING AND FORTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD JASON PESCHIER. ARREST WARRANTS WERE ISSUED FOR THE TWO IN NOVEMBER AND THIS MONTH, THEY EACH TURNED THEMSELVES IN TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
