6-20-19
THE LAFAYETTE SIGN IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA HAS BEEN PAINTED IN RAINBOW COLORS BY THE LOCAL L-G-B-T GROUP P-FLAG. OFFICIALS WITH THE GROUP SAY THEY RECEIVED PERMISSION TO REPAINT THE SIGN BEFORE TUESDAY’S VOTE BY THE CITY PARISH COUNCIL TO RECOGNIZE JUNE AS GAY PRICE MONTH. THE RESOLUTION FAILED BECAUSE IT DID NOT RECEIVE FIVE VOTES. THE VOTE WAS 4-TO-3 IN FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION BY COUNCILMAN KENNETH BOUDREAX BUT TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE ABSENT.
LAKE CHARLES POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A TEENAGER FOR A SHOOTING YESTERDAY THAT INJURED ONE PERSON. IT HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER FIVE
P-M IN THE TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED BLOCK OF ANITA DRIVE. AN 18-YEAR-OLD WAS SHOT AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BUT HIS CONDITION HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD WAS ARRESTED A SHORT WHILE AFTER THE SHOOTING.
THE ST. MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING A HOMOCIDE IN ARNAUDVILLE THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. DEPUTIES SAY THEY RESPONDED TO THE SCENE OF THE SHOOTING ON DRAUZIN ROAD AT AROUND 4:30 AND FOUND A MAN LYING IN A DRIVEWAY, WHO HAD DIED FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND. AUTHORITIES HAVE IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM AS 26-YEAR-OLD JAMAICAN MAJOR FROM OPELOUSAS. DEPUTIES ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT.
THE U-S SENATE HAS VOTED TO CONFIRM AN APPOINTMENT TO THE FEDERAL COURT IN LAKE CHARLES. 54-YEAR-OLD JAMES CAIN JUNIOR WILL TAKE OVER FOR PATRICIA MINALDI, WHO HAD RETIRED AFTER STRUGGLES WITH ALCOHOLISM. SHE DIED LAST DECEMBER. CAIN IS A FOUNDING PARTNER OF THE LOFTIN, CAIN AND LEBLANC LAW FIRM IN LAKE CHARLES. HE WAS CONFIRMED ON A 77-TO-21 VOTE BY THE U-S SENATE.
A LAFAYETTE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING AT AN OFF-DUTY DUSON POLICE OFFICER EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. 21-YEAR-OLD ROMEION GLAUDE WAS BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH JAIL TUESDAY NIGHT ON CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER. HIS BOND WAS SET AT 150 THOUSAND DOLLARS. INVESTIGATORS DO NOT BELIEVE THE OFFICER WAS TARGETED. THEY SAY GLAUDE SHOT AT THE OFF DUTY OFFICER WHILE HE AND A FAMILY MEMBER WERE DRIVING ON ALSENDOR DRIVE AT AROUND 1:30 TUESDAY MORNING.
THE LAKE CHARLES CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A 290 THOUSAND DOLLAR INVESTMENT INTO CYBER SECURITY. THERE WILL ALSO BE A 250 THOUSAND DOLLAR ANNUAL COST. THE MOVE COMES AFER AN INCIDENT IN DECEMBER WHEN SOMEONE WITHOUT AUTHORITY ACCESSED THE CITY’S INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS. THE CITY HOPES TO IMPLEMENT THE SYSTEM BY JULY FIRST.
A FLOATING BUNDLE DISCOVERED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO TUESDAY CONTAINED BLOCKS OF COCAINE WORTH OVER A MILLION DOLLARS. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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Donald “Doc” Hines, a physician who led the Louisiana Senate as president from 2004 to 2008, has died at age 85. Hines’ death was confirmed Wednesday by the state Senate and Gov. John Bel Edwards’ office. A Democrat from Bunkie, Hines served in the Senate from 1993 through 2008. He was inducted into the Louisiana Political Hall of Fame in Winnfield in 2006.
