6-22-18
A TEENAGER WAS SHOT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT A LAFAYETTE APARTMENT COMPLEX. A 17-YEAR-OLD WAS HIT BY A STRAY BULLET AT THE WILLOW PARK APARTMENTS AT AROUND 3:15. HE SUSTAINED A NON-LIFE THREATENING WOUND AND IS IN STABLE CONDITION. POLICE SAY THEY HAVE NO SUSPECTS AT THIS TIME.
THE CALCASIEU PARISH POLICE JURY UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED REZONING TWELVE THOUSAND ACRES IN VINTON THAT COULD ALLOW FOR A MEGASITE, THAT WOULD HOUSE DIFFERENT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES. THE DECISION WAS MADE DESPITE THE PROTESTS OF SOME NEARBY RESIDENTS WHO WERE WORRIED ABOUT HOW IT COULD AFFECT THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. POLICE JUROR FRANCIS ANDREPONT TOLD THE AMERICAN PRESS THAT THE MEGASITE IS A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO DIVERSIFY THE ECONOMY BEYOND THE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY. THE APPLICANT MARK MCMURRAY SAYS THEY WILL NEXT ATTEMPT TO GET CERTIFICATIONS FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH COULD TAKE A YEAR OR TWO.
A BREAUX BRIDGE WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ILLEGALLY SUPPLYING A WEAPON TO A FELON. 24-YEAR-OLD BRITTNIE COURVILLE ALLEGEDLY PURCHASED A FIREARM FOR 25-YEAR-OLD BRANDON BOUTTE OF ST. MARTINVILLE. BOUTTE IS ACCUSED OF MURDERING SIMONE ROBIN EARLIER THIS MONTH, BURNING HER HOME IN THE CATAHOULA COMMUNITY AND ATTEMPTING TO DISPOSE OF HER BODY IN ST. LANDRY PARISH. COURVILLE IS NOT A SUSPECT IN THE MURDER.
The leader of the Louisiana House is urging lawmakers to continue tax talks and try to break a stalemate that threatens to collapse the third special session this year without a deal. Republican House Speaker Taylor Barras said Thursday night his chamber is at an “extreme deadlock.” He told lawmakers: “What we need is movement from the two corners.” Steep budget cuts across college campuses and state programs loom in July without additional revenue. Gov. John Bel Edwards and House Democrats want to renew half an expiring 1 percent sales tax, a proposal previously backed by the Senate. House Republican leaders are backing a 0.4 percent renewal rate. A sales tax renewal will require a mix of Republican and Democratic votes to reach the two-thirds vote for passage. The House returns Friday.
LAFAYETTE PARISH ANIMAL CONTROL RESCUED SIX DOGS FROM A HOME AFTER A DEAD PIT BULL WAS FOUND. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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THE WALMART IN JENNINGS WAS EVACUATED YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF A BOMB THREAT. JENNINGS DEPUTY CHIEF DANNY SEMMES SAYS THE BOMB THREAT WAS WRITTEN ON THE WALL OF A BATHROOM. OPERATIONS WERE RETURNED TO NORMAL AFTER A SEARCH OF THE PREMISES TURNED UP NOTHING. A SUSPECT, 19-YEAR-OLD TYLER LANTIER, WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND FACES CHARGES OF TERRORISTIC THREATS.
THE MOTHER OF AN EVANGELINE PARISH STUDENT IS UPSET THAT AN INVESTIGATION INTO AN INCIDENT INVOLVING A SECURITY GUARD IS OVER. NIRCA ALFRED SAYS HER SON WAS CHOKED AND BODY SLAMMED BY SECURITY GUARD STERLING COLEMAN AND HE HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR HIS INJURIES. SHE TELLS KLFY TV SHE HADN’T HEARD ANYTHING FOR AWHILE AND CHECKED INTO THE INVESTIGATION ONLY TO FIND OUT IT WAS OVER AND SHE COULDN’T FILE CHARGES. DESPITE BEING TOLD SHE CAN’T FILE CHARGES, SHE SAYS SHE WILL, NOT ONLY FOR HER SON, BUT TO HELP CORRECT A FLAWED SYSTEM.
THE ESTHERWOOD PONTOON BRIDGE HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR REPAIRS. IT IS SCHEDULED TO BE REOPENED AGAIN AT FOUR P-M ON SATURDAY, JUNE 30TH.
