5-31-21
TWENTY-TWENTY-ONE MARKS THE FIFTIETH YEAR THAT MEMORIAL DAY IS BEING OBSERVED IN THE U-S AND THERE ARE MANY EVENTS HAPPENING IN ACADIANA TODAY THAT WILL HONOR THOSE WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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A SHOOTING OUTSIDE CITY BAR IN CROWLEY FRIDAY NIGHT LEFT FOUR WOUNDED. A MAN, WHOSE NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, WAS SEEN STRIKING A WOMAN WHO CAME WITH HIM TO THE BAR AND WAS ASKED TO LEAVE. PEOPLE FOLLOWED THE MAN TO MAKE SURE HE LEFT, AND THEN THE MAN PULLED A GUN AND FIRED IT AFTER BEING STRUCK. THREE PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED, INCLUDING THE WOMAN WHO CAME WITH THE MAN. ANOTHER PATRON RETURNED FIRE STRIKING THE MAN, WHO FLED THE SCENE. HE WAS FOUND LATER BY POLICE IN FRONT OF ANOTHER BAR AND HAD MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS, ACCORDING TO POLICE CHIEF JIMMY BROUSSARD.
For the first time in 208 years, a woman will take over as clerk of court at the Louisiana Supreme Court. The Advocate reports Veronica Odinet Koclanes will succeed John Olivier when he retires at the end of the year. Olivier has served in that post since 1996. Supreme Court Chief Justice John L. Weimer says Koclanes is a well-respected attorney who has spent the last 23 years on the high court’s staff.
Nine months after two back-to-back hurricanes hammered their towns, scores of coastal Louisiana residents are still struggling to recover. Many still live in campers next to the cement slabs where their houses once stood. Others face supply shortages or are trying to resolve insurance claims. On Aug. 27, Category 4 Hurricane Laura rammed into the coast near the town of Cameron and just six weeks later, Hurricane Delta made landfall about 10 miles away.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards on Friday asked President Joe Biden to declare a federal disaster for the state after severe weather and flash flooding caused damage to at least 2,000 homes. Edwards’ request is for individual assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for five parishes, including Calcasieu, and Lafayette. Such help from FEMA includes housing and other needs. Edwards declared a state of emergency for the disaster on May 17.
MORGAN CIY POLICE ARRESTED A MAN WHO WAS BELIEVED TO BE INVOLVED IN AN ALTERCATION SATURDAY NIGHT THAT INVOLVED A WEAPON. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED AT THE SCENE OF THE ALTERCATION ON FEDERAL AVENUE, THEY FOUND ONE PERSON HAD BEEN INJURED AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO A MEDICAL FACILITY FOR TREATMENT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION LED POLICE TO SUSPECT FORTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD NICHOLAS GAMBLE, WHO WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY MORNING AFTER A BRIEF FOOT CHASE. GAMBLE WAS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED SECOND DEGREE BATTERY.
Some people convicted of felonies in Louisiana would be able to serve on juries for civil and criminal cases under a bill sent to the governor’s desk. The proposal by Democratic Rep. Denise Marcelle won final legislative passage Thursday with a 23-13 Senate vote. The House earlier had narrowly backed the measure with a 55-42 vote. Marcelle’s bill would allow people convicted of felonies to be eligible for jury service if they’ve been off probation or parole and out of prison for five years.
ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A FOUR VEHICLE COLLISION IN LAKE CHARLES SATURDAY NIGHT. THE DRIVER OF A PICKUP TRAVELING EAST ON PRIEN LAKE ROAD STRUCK A SOUTHBOUND SEDAN AT THE INTERSECTION OF RYAN STREET. THE SEDAN WAS PUSHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, WHICH STRUCK A FOURTH VEHICLE. THE DRIVER OF THE SEDAN, JOHN CARRIER OF LAKE CHARLES, DIED FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN THE COLLISION. THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP FLED THE SCENE.
