6-26-2023
STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER A RAYNE WOMAN DIED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH IN ASCENSION PARISH ON SUNDAY. SYVLIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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LAFAYETTE FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO AN APARTMENT FIRE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE HIMBOLA APARTMENTS ARE LOCATED ON MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DRIVE. DETAILS ON THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE AND THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED.
ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH IN LAKE CHARLES FRIDAY AT AROUND SEVEN P-M. A DRIVER ON THE WESTBOUND SIDE OF I-TEN NEAR MILE MARKER THIRTY-THREE LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE AND HIT THE CENTER BARRIER, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO FLIP. THE DRIVER, IDENTIFIED AS RYAN MARCUS O’BRIEN OF SAINT MARTINVILLE, DIED FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN THE CRASH.
SUGAR CANE FARMERS RECEIVED GOOD NEWS THIS WEEKEND AT THE ANNUAL LOUISIANA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION CONVENTION, HELD IN NEW ORLEANS. JEFF DOBRYDNEY, THE HEAD OF FUTURES AND OPTIONS AT J-S-G COMMODITIES, SAID SUGAR IS THE TOP COMMODITY OF THE YEAR. HE SAYS PRICES ARE UP THIRTY PERCENT WORLDWIDE AND LOOKING TO STAY STRONG. DOBRYDNEY SAYS PRODUCERS COULD SEE NEW PRICE HIGHS THIS YEAR.
A COUPLE WHO WORKS WITH THE ESTHERWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE BOTH BEEN FIRED AFTER THEIR ARREST BY ACADIA PARISH DEPUTIES ON SATURDAY. FORTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD GREGORY JAMES MIRE WAS CHARGED WITH FELONY INDECENT BEHAVIOR WITH A JUVENILE, CYBERSTALKING AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE FELONY EVIDENCE TAMPERING. HIS WIFE, FORTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD EMILY KAY MIRE, WHO WAS A CAPTAIN IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WAS CHARGED WITH OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE FELONY EVIDENCE TAMPERING, CYBERSTALKING AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT. EMILY IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ESTHERWOOD BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
A NEW REPORT BY DEMOGRAPHER MIKE HEFNER PREDICTS THE STUDENT POPULATION IN LAFAYETTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO GROW BY FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY BY THE START OF THE TWENTY-TWENTY-SEVEN SCHOOL YEAR AS COMPARED WITH THE START OF TWENTY-TWENTY-TWO. THE GROWTH IS BEING SPURRED BY A FIVE-YEAR INCREASE OF MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND RESIDENTIAL HOUSING UNITS IN BROUSSARD, YOUNGSVILLE, CARENCRO AND SOUTHWEST LAFAYETTE. MOST OF THE STUDENT POPULATION INCREASE WILL BE IN SOUTH LAFAYETTE AND NORTH LAFAYETTE SCHOOLS WILL ALSO SEE AN INCREASE BECAUSE OF NEW HOMES IN THAT AREA. HEFNER INCLUDED RECOMMENDATIONS IN HIS REPORT ON HOW TO DEAL WITH POTENTIAL STRAIN BECAUSE OF STUDENT POPULATION CHANGES.
A MALE BODY WAS PULLED FROM THE WATERS OF LAKE CHARLES SATURDAY MORNING. THE BODY WAS FOUND IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE LAKE AT AROUND SIX A-M. POLICE HAVE NOT ANNOUNCED THE CAUSE OF DEATH BUT FOUL PLAY IS NOT SUSPECTED. THE IDENTITY OF THE BODY HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.
BREAUX BRIDGE POLICE HAVE POSTED PHOTOS FROM A VEHICLE BURGLARY ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE. THEY ARE HOPING SOMEONE WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE SUSPECTS IN THE PHOTOS. IT HAPPENED ON TUESDAY ON DEBRA DRIVE. ANYONE WHO RECOGNIZES THE SUSPECTS CAN INFORM POLICE ANONYMOUSLY AT THE CRIMESTOPPERS HOTLINE WHICH IS FOUR-FOUR-ONE-THIRTY-THIRTY.
