5-19-26
A FIFTY-YEAR-OLD WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A THREE-YEAR-OLD. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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SAINT LANDRY PARISH OFFICIALS SAY THE FUTURE OF TRAIL RIDES ARE IN JEOPARDY AFTER TWO SHOOTINGS SUNDAY AT THE YAMBILEE BUILDING AND AG ARENA IN OPELOUSAS. PARISH PRESIDENT JESSIE BELLARD SAYS THE TRAIL RIDE ASSOCIATION RENTED THE GROUNDS FROM THE PARISH GOVERNMENT BUT DID NOT HOST THE EVENT. HE SAYS TRAIL RIDES ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE LOCAL CULTURE BUT PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE TOP PRIORITY. BELLARD SAYS THE FUTURE OF TRAIL RIDES ARE IN THE HANDS OF THOSE ATTENDING AND ORGANIZING THESE EVENTS.
TWO TEENAGERS WERE ARRESTED BY JENNINGS POLICE YESTERDAY MORNING IN CONNECTION TO A SERIES OF VEHICLE BURGLARIES. THE POLICE EXECUTED SEARCH WARRANTS AT TWO RESIDENCES ON FIFTH AND MCKINLEY STREETS. THEY RECOVERED MULTIPLE FIREARMS AND OTHER EVIDENCE CONNECTED TO THE BURGLARIES. THE JENNINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY RECEIVED A QUICK RESPONSE TO A FACEBOOK POST AND VIDEO FOOTAGE LEADING TO THE SEARCH WARRANTS AND THE ARRESTS OF A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD AND SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD.
CONGRESSWOMAN JULIA LETLOW IS CREDITING PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ENDORSEMENT FOR HELPING HER TO DO SO WELL IN SATURDAY’S REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR A U-S SENATE SEAT. LETLOW WON FIFTY-TWO OF LOUISIANA’S SIXTY-FOUR PARISHES, WHILE STATE TREASURER JOHN FLEMING WON NINE AND INCUMBENT SENATOR BILL CASSIDY TOOK THE REMAINING THREE. LETLOW SAYS HER CAMPAIGN IS READY TO CONTINUE ITS EFFORT TO SECURE THE SEAT. SHE AND FLEMING WILL MEET IN A RUNOFF FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION THAT TAKES PLACE JUNE TWENTY-SEVENTH.
LOUISIANA CONGRESMAN AND HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER STEVE SCALISE ENDORSED JULIA LETLOW IN HER BID FOR THE U-S SENATE. SCALISE SAYS HE’S SEEN LETLOW FIGHT FOR AND DELIVER FOR LOUISIANA. HE SAYS SHE HAS A STRONG WORK ETHIC AND WORKS WELL WITH OTHERS. SCALISE BELIEVES MANY WHO VOTED FOR JOHN FLEMING WILL SWITCH TO LETLOW IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PRIMARY RUNOFF.
THE LAFAYETE REGIONAL AIRPORT WAS SHUT DOWN TEMPORARILY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO A DISABLED AIRCRAFT. AIRPORT OFFICIALS SAY THE LANDING GEAR ON THE PLANE GOT STUCK ALONG AN ACTIVE RUNWAY. NO ONE WAS HURT ABOARD THE PLANE BUT IT TOOK AWHILE FOR CREWS TO GET THE PLANE REMOVED. OPERATIONS AT THE AIRPORT HAVE RETURNED TO NORMAL.
ARREST WARRANTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR A CHURCH POINT MAN WANTED IN CONNECTION TO A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED LAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN THE SHOOTING WHICH OCCURRED AT THE CORNER OF BROADWAY AND CANAL STREETS. CHRISTOPHER GUILLORY JUNIOR, WHO WAS OUT ON BOND FOR OTHER CHARGES, WAS IDENTIFIED AS A SUSPECT AND IS FACING FOUR COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. POLICE BELIEVE THERE WAS A SECOND SUSPECT IN THE SHOOTING.
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY EUNICE CELEBRATED A RECORD GRADUATING CLASS DURING COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES FRIDAY. SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTEEN DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES WERE AWARDED. THAT SMASHED THE RECORD OF FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR AWARDED LAST SPRING. THERE WERE ALSO A RECORD NUMBER OF HONOR GRADUATES EARNING MAGNA AND SUMMA CUM LAUDE DESIGNATIONS.
