5-28-21
A MAN SUSPECTED IN THE DEATH OF A RAYNE TEENAGER HAS BEEN CONNECTED TO A MURDER IN THE PAST. SCOTT ALLEN COOPER IS IN THE ACADIA PARISH JAIL CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER FOR THE SHOOTING DEATH OF SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD GARRETT GAUTREAUX IN A RAYNE PARKING LOT. KATC TV IS REPORTING THAT COOPER HAD BEEN CONVICTED OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER FOR THE NINETEEN-NINETY-SEVEN DEATH OF EARL ZENON, WHICH WAS OVERTURNED. COOPER EVENTUALLY PLED NO CONTEST TO A CHARGE OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON IN TWENTY-FIFTEEN.
THE LAFAYETTE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS SPEARHEADING A FOURTEEN-POINT-THREE MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT TO RENOVATE AND REPAIR SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING AREAS. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LYDIA BERGERON SAYS THEY ARE BRINGING THE HOMES UP TO SECTION EIGHT BUILDING STANDARDS AND MAKING THEM A LITTLE MORE MODERN. TWO OF THE EIGHT AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITIES IN LAFAYETTE ARE CURRENTLY BEING RENOVATED, A TOTAL OF EIGHTEEN HOMES. THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN TWO YEARS.
The Louisiana House has given final passage to legislation prohibiting transgender athletes from competing on girls’ sports teams in schools. Thursday’s 78-17 House vote sent the measure to Gov. John Bel Edwards, who is expected to veto the bill. The proposal by Republican Sen. Beth Mizell passed both the House and Senate with veto-proof margins. It’s unclear if those coalitions would hold together to override a veto from Edwards.
A SEVERED HEAD, FOUND IN CAMERON PARISH IN TWENTY-EIGHTEEN, HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A MISSING SAN ANTONIO WOMAN. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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TWO OPELOUSAS TEENAGE BOYS HAVE REPORTEDLY RUN AWAY, POSSIBLY HEADED FOR CALIFORNIA. SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD TYLER EDWARDS AND FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD JAHLYIAH SPEARS ARE BELIEVED TO BE TRAVELING IN A 2015 WHITE CHEVY MALIBU WITH LOUISIANA LICENSE PLATE 825 AOH. THE DRIVER’S SIDE TAIL LIGHT AND PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT ARE BOTH BUSTED, THE CAR HAS DARK TINTED WINDOWS AND A LARGE PINK STICKER IS ON THE BACK WINDOW. ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION ON THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE TEENS ARE ASKED TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT 948-6844.
ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN INMATES AT THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER HAVE VOLUNTARILY BEEN VACCINATED FOR COVID-NINETEEN. THAT’S ABOUT TWENTY PERCENT OF THE PRISON POPULATION, ACCORDING TO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE. SEVERAL MORE ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THEIR VACCINE THIS WEEK, ALL OF WHICH IS VOLUNTARY. CURRENTLY FOUR INMATES HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-NINETEEN.
LOUISIANA HAD EIGHT MORE COVID-NINETEEN CONFIRMED DEATHS, IN YESTERDAY’S REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THE NUMBER OF NEW CASES INCREASED BY THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT. COVID-NINETEEN HOSPITALIZATIONS WENT UP BY SIX YESTERDAY. BUT THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS DECREASED BY THREE.
AFTER SIX STRAIGHT DAYS, SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAS REPORTED A DEATH IN THE REGION. THAT WAS IN CAMERON PARISH. MEANWHILE, CALCASIEU PARISH ADJUSTED THEIR NUMBER OF DEATHS DOWN BY ONE. ACADIANA REPORTED ONE MORE DEATH YESTERDAY IN IBERIA PARISH. THERE ARE SIXTY-EIGHT NEW CONFIRMED COVID-NINETEEN CASES IN ACADIANA. THAT INCLUDES SIXTEEN CASES EACH IN LAFAYETTE AND ST. MARTIN PARISHES. SIXTEEN NEW CASES WERE REPORTED IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, INCLUDING TWELVE IN CALCASIEU PARISH.
