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A CARENCRO MAN WAS ARRESTED BY LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES AFTER A STANDOFF AT A HOME ON SONNIER STREET. SERGEANT CHRIS CORMIER SAYS THE MAN, COREY BROUSSARD, WAS IN AN ALTERCATION WITH A WOMAN WITH WHOM HE HAD A RELATIONSHIP, WHEN HE PULLED OUT A FIREARM AND STARTED SHOOTING. THE WOMAN CALLED FOR SOMEONE TO PICK HER UP AND BROUSSARD ALLEGEDLY FIRED A SHOT STRIKING THE VEHICLE. BROUSSARD HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM AND POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A CONVICTED FELON.
THE COMMUNITY OF VILLE PLATTE IS RALLYING AROUND THE FAMILY OF FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD JAVION SEMIEN, A VILLE PLATTE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED WHILE ON HIS WAY TO FOOTBALL PRACTICE. RESIDENTS PACKED THE MARTIN LUTHER KING COMMUNITY CENTER FOR A BENEFIT DINNER TO RAISE MONEY FOR FUNERAL EXPENSES. MAYOR RYAN LEDAY WILLIAMS SAYS THE TURNOUT SHOWS HOW MUCH THE COMMUNITY CARED FOR JAVION AND HIS FAMILY. A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL IS PLANNED FOR TONIGHT AT THE FAMILY’S HOME.
LOUISIANA LEGISLATORS WILL BEGIN REDRAWING THE LOUISIANA CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT MAP TODAY. THE U-S SUPREME COURT RULED THE CURRENT MAP UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE IT WAS DRAWN ON THE BASIS OF RACE. POLITICAL ANALYST PIERSON CROSS SAYS IT’S LIKELY ONE OF THE TWO MAJORITY-MINORITY DISTRICTS WILL BE LOST. HE SAYS IT WOULD BE BOLD FOR THE LEGISLATORS TO LOSE BOTH MAJORITY-MINORITY DISTRICTS AND WOULD LIKELY INCUR FURTHER COURT ACTION.
THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA SYSTEM HAS UNANIMOUSLY SELECTED THREE CANDIDATES TO BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY. THE SEMIFINALISTS ARE DOCTOR DEE DEE ANDERSON, DOSTOR WAYNE BRUMFIELD AND STATE SENATOR MIKE REESE. THE THREE WILL BE INTERVIEWED ON CAMPUS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE U-L SYSTEM BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAVE SCHEDULED A SPECIAL MEETING FOR MAY NINETEENTH TO INTERVIEW THE FINALISTS.
FORMER LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY PLED NOT GUILTY TO MALFEASANCE CHARGES AT THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH COURTHOUSE. GUILLORY WAS CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF MALFEASANCE WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED IN FEBRUARY. THE CHARGES STEM FROM A COVERT DRAINAGE PROJECT WHEN SPOIL BANKS ON THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH SIDE OF THE VERMILLION RIVER WERE MOVED TO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SIDE. GUILLORY CLAIMS THE CHARGES ARE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED.
THE TOWN OF CHURCH POINT HAS SCHEDULED REPAIR WORK ON MULTIPLE WATER ISSUES. THE REPAIRS WILL BEGIN AT NINE A-M ON TUESDAY, MARCH TWENTY-SIXTH. OFFICIALS SAY RESIDENT SHOULD EXPECT TO BE WITHOUT WATER FOR UP TO SIX HOURS WHILE THE REPAIRS ARE COMPLETED. ONCE THE WORK IS FINISHED, CHURCH POINT WILL BE UNDER A BOIL WATER ADVISORY. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MAKE PREPARATIONS AHEAD OF TIME, INCLUDING STORING WATER FOR DRINKING AND OTHER ESSENTIALS.
A BILL HAS ADVANCED IN THE LOUISIANA SENATE THAT INTRODUCES A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND RECREATIONAL ALLIGATOR HUNTING SEASON THIS FALL. THE SPECIES HAS RECOVERED TO THE POINT THAT A RECREATIONAL SEASON CAN BE SUSTAINED. THE LOUISIANA WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES COMMISSION WILL MEET TODAY TO DISCUSS THE NEW SEASON. THEY WILL FOCUS ON OUTLINING THE OFFICIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE NEW HUNTING SEASON.
