6-19-17
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT WANTED IN CONNECTION TO A FATAL SHOOTING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. JULIE DARCE REPORTS.
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A LAKE CHARLES DOCTOR SAYS HE’S SEEN THREE CASES OF ROCKY MOUTAIN SPOTTED FEVER IN CALCASIEU PARISH WITHIN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. DR. TIM HAMAN SAYS THE DISEASE IS SPREAD BY TICKS AND THE SYMPTOMS INCLUDE A FEVER OF 101 TO 102 DEGREES AND A RASH THAT STARTS ON THE LEGS AND SPREADS TO THE TRUNK. HE SAYS IT CAN BE FATAL IF NOT TREATED WITH A SPECIFIC ANTIBIOTIC. TO CATCH THE ILLNESS, THE TICK HAS TO BE ON A PERSON FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
NEXT MONTH THE ACADIANA REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION WILL HOST A SERIES OF MEETINGS TO DISCUSS DRAINAGE. THE BAYOU TECHE AND VERMILLION DRAINAGE DISTRICTS WILL BE RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDING THROUGH THE STATE TO HELP WITH WATER DISPERSAL IN ORDER TO PREVENT FUTURE FLOODING. ST. LANDRY PARISH PRESIDENT BILL FONTENOT SAYS THE MEETINGS WILL BE HELD TO PRIORITIZE WHICH AREAS NEED THE MOST ATTENTION. FONTENTOT ANTICIPATES MOST OF THE INITIAL FUNDING WILL GO TOWARD THE VERMILLION DISTRICT BECAUSE THE WATERS THERE FLOW TO THE PARISHES SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE, BUT HE SAYS ST. LANDRY PARISH WILL ALSO GET SOME ATTENTION BECAUSE OF SEVERAL LARGE BAYOUS AND WATERWAYS.
Louisiana law enforcement officials say they arrested 51 people on child exploitation charges this spring as part of an annual nationwide crackdown.
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry announced the results of Operation Broken Heart IV during a news conference Friday. Landry says the charges range from possessing child pornography to solicitation of minors. More than 150 Louisiana law enforcement agencies participated in the initiative.
THE LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING BRINGING NEW SMART TECHNOLOGY PARKING METERS TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA. THE NEW TECHNOLOGY WOULD ALLOW RATES TO CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE DAY BASED ON THE DEMAND FOR PARKING SPACES. THEY ARE LOOKING AT GRADUALLY PHASING OUT THE 630 COIN-OPERATED METERS AND REPLACING THEM WITH THE NEW SMART METERS. NEXT MONTH THE CITY PARISH COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ALLOW THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO SET PARKING RATES WITHIN A WIDE RANGE.
A LAKE CHARLES MAN HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER. ON JULY 29TH LAST YEAR, 31-YEAR-OLD LADRAY BIAS JUNIOR WAS ACCUSED OF GOING TO A HOME ON NORTH LINCOLN STREET, GETTING INTO AN ARGUMENT AND STABBING A PERSON FOUR TIMES BEFORE FLEEING. THE VICTIM HAD STAB WOUNDS IN THE HEAD, SHOULDER, ARM AND BACK. BIAS WILL BE SENTENCED ON JUNE 26TH.
A HOUSE IN ARNAUDVILLE WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. FIREFIGHTERS FROM ARNAUDVILLE, LEONVILLE AND GRAND PRAIRIE WORKED TO PUT OUT THE FIRE AT A HOUSE ON AUZENNE ROAD AT AROUND FOUR A-M SATURDAY. LENA HENRY AND FOUR GRANDCHILDREN LIVE AT THE HOME BUT WERE NOT THERE AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has agreed to toughen requirements for parental consent when a minor seeks an abortion. Current law requires a notarized statement from a legal guardian of an unmarried girl younger than 18 before a doctor can perform an abortion on her. The changes will require the guardian also to provide proof of identity, including a government-issued identification card such as a driver’s license. The stricter requirements take effect Aug. 1.
