6-19-24
TWO PEOPLE, INCLUDING A TEENAGER, WERE VICTIMS OF A SHOOTING LAST NIGHT IN OPELOUSAS. POLICE RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF SHOTS FIRED ON KIM DRIVE JUST BEFORE NINE P-M. THE TWO VICTIMS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING IS URGED TO CALL NINE-FOUR-EIGHT-TIPS. UP TO A TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.
A MAN SHOWED UP AT A LAFAYETTE HOSPITAL WITH A STORY ABOUT BEING HELD CAPTIVE FOR TWELVE YEARS IN PHILADELPHIA, THE CITY HE IS FROM. THE MAN, WHO HAD DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, TOLD SOCIAL WORKERS THAT HIS CAPTORS TOOK HIS SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY CHECKS. THE LOUISIANA OFFICE FOR CITIZENS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES CONTACTED THE FBI. AGENTS WITH THE BUREAU ARE INVESTIGATING THE CLAIMS.
GOVERNOR LANDRY HAS VETOED A BILL THAT WOULD HAVE LIMITED THE AMOUNT OF INSURANCE PAYMENTS A PERSON COULD RECEIVE AFTER A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.
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GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY IS HEADING TO LAFAYETTE TODAY TO SIGN SOME EDUCATION BILLS. HERE’S SYLVIA MASTERS AGAIN WITH MORE.
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FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN GUINN OF JENNINGS DIED MONDAY AT THE AGE OF SEVENTY-ONE. GUINN WAS ELECTED TO THE THIRTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT HOUSE SEAT IN TWO THOUSAND EIGHT AND SERVED UNTIL TWENTY-TWENTY. HE ALSO SERVED AS A JEFF DAVIS PARISH POLICE JUROR FOR EIGHT YEARS. A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL WILL TAKE PLACE AT OUR LADY HELP OF CHRISTIANS CATHOLIC CHURCH ON FRIDAY AT ONE P-M.
A KIA FORTE OWNED BY DANNY AND DELORIS BOUDREAUX OF NEW IBERIA WAS BROKEN INTO BY THE SHATTERING OF A BACK WINDOW AND THEY SAY THE STEERING COLUMN WAS TORN UP. DANNY SAYS HE CALLED POLICE WHO TOLD HIM THAT KIAS WERE BEING TARGETED BECAUSE THEY ARE EASIER TO BREAK INTO. NEW IBERIA POLICE SAY THIS IS THE THIRD VEHICLE BREAK-IN IN THAT AREA IN THE PAST MONTH. DANNY TELLS KLFY TV HE ADVISES RESIDENTS GET CAMERAS TO CATCH THE THIEVES, WHICH HE CALLED A SMALL INVESTMENT.
THE LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCIL NARROWLY APPROVED A NEW GAS STATION THAT WILL GO UP AT THE CORNER OF UNIVERSITY AND AGNES STREET, IN THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. MANY RESIDENTS SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE GAS STATION CITING SEVERAL CONCERNS INCLUDING INCREASED TRAFFIC, WHICH COULD HARM THE ABILITY FOR WALKING IN THE OAKLAWN NEIGHBORHOOD. THE LAFAYETTE ZONING COMMISSION AND THE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT PLANNING DEPARTMENT CAME OUT AGAINST THE GAS STATION IN RECENT WEEKS.
AN INJURED DOG LAID ASIDE CHIOT PARK ROAD IN VILLE PLATTE FOR THREE DAYS WITH NO MOTORISTS STOPPING TO HELP IT. FINALLY SOMEONE CALLED MATTEW AND BRE OF HEROES EVERYDAY ANIMAL RESCUER WHO ENLISTED THE HELP OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF LOUISIANA. THEY BROUGHT THE DOG TO A LOCAL VETERINARIAN, WHO DIAGNOSED A BROKEN KNEECAP PROBABLY FROM BEING HIT BY A VEHICLE. THE HUMANE SOCIETY PAID FOR THE VISIT AND SET UP A GOFUNDME ACCOUNT TO PAY FOR THE DOG’S TREATMENT AND AFTERCARE. MORE THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS HAS BEEN RAISED.
