6-27-22
A WOMAN WAS KILLED AFTER THE HOME SHE WAS IN ON HAMMOND STREET WAS SHOT AT SEVERAL TIMES AT AROUND ONE A-M THIS MORNING. THE WOMAN WAS FOUND WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS. LAFAYETTE POLICE SENIOR CORPORAL MATTHEW BENOIT SAYS THE WOMAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF HER WOUNDS BUT LATER DIED. THIS IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION.
TEN ROADS IN OPELOUSAS ARE RECEIVING SOME SORT OF UPGRADE. MAYOR JULIUS ALSANDOR SAYS THEY WORKED WITH THEIR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION IN BATON ROUGE TO GET GRANTS AND CAPITAL OUTLAY MONEY FOR THE PROJECTS. FIVE OF THE ROADS ARE ALREADY COMPLETE WHILE THE REMAINING FIVE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. AT LEAST ONE ROAD IN EACH CITY DISTRICT IS RECEIVING SOME SORT OF ATTENTION.
THE DEADLINE TO BUY OR RENEW YOUR FISHING LICENSE IS THIS WEEK. GERALD GRUENIG HAS THE DETAILS.
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JENNINGS POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING DEATH AT A LOCAL CONVENIENCE STORE FRIDAY NIGHT. THE VICTIM WAS TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD MANUEL “SWEET PEA” PROVOST OF JENNINGS. POLICE SAY HE GOT INTO A FIST FIGHT WITH TWENTY-YEAR-OLD TREGAN KENNETH CITIZEN BEFORE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED. CITIZEN FACES UP TO LIFE IN PRISON IF CONVICTED ON THE CHARGE OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
A MAN WAS SHOT LATE LAST NIGHT IN THE FOUR HUNDRED BLOCK OF HILDA STREET IN LAFAYETTE. THERE WERE REPORTS THE MAN HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN ARGUMENTS WITH OTHERS PRIOR TO THE SHOOTING. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. LAFAYETTE POLICE ASK ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE SHOOING TO CALL THEM OR CRIME STOPPERS AT TWO-THREE-TWO-TIPS.
THE FAMILY OF A BASILE MAN IS ASKING FOR THE COMMUNITY’S HELP AFTER HIS HOME BURNED DOWN FOR THE SECOND TIME IN TWO YEARS. GERALD GRUENIG HAS MORE.
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has tested positive for COVID-19. A news release from the governor’s office disclosed the positive test Friday. Edwards says he does not currently have any symptoms and will follow recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and will isolate for five days. His office says the Democratic governor is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus and has received his recommended booster doses.
A SAINT LANDRY PARISH GRAND JURY HAS RETURNED INDICTMENTS AGAINST THREE PEOPLE FOR THE SHOOTING DEATHS OF A FOUR-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND A FORTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD MAN AT AN APARTMENT IN OPELOUSAS IN LATE APRIL. HOLLY ROBERTS, DAVIEONTRAY BREAUX AND FELTON MARTIN JAMES WERE EACH INDICTED ON TWO COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND THREE COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SHOOTING STEMMED FROM AN ARGUMENT HOLLY ROBERTS HAD WITH HER NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR. LATER ROBERTS WAS JOINED BY BREAUX AND JAMES AND ROBERTS AND JAMES CONFRONTED THE NEIGHBOR AT WHICH TIME, AFTER A VERBAL EXCHANGE, THEY ALLEGEDLY BEGAN FIRING AT THE OCCUPANTS, KILLING THE TWO AND INJURING THREE JUVENILES.
