6-29-17
TWO MEN, AGES 30 AND 34, WERE SHOT LAST NIGHT AROUND 11 AT THE 900 BLOCK OF EAST SIMCOE STREET. LAFAYETTE POLICE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE TO FIND TWO BLACK MALES WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS. BOTH WERE TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL AND ARE IN STABLE CONDITION. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHOOTING SHOULD CONTACT LAFAYETTE POLICE OR CRIME STOPPERS AT 232-TIPS.
ALEXIS PAIGE TAYLOR, 16 OF LAKE CHARLES, HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE SUNDAY. TAYLOR’S FAMILY CALLED THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO REPORT THAT TAYLOR HAD LEFT HOME AROUND NOON AND WASN’T RESPONDING TO ANYONE’S ATTEMPT TO CONTACT HER. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT TAYLOR MAY BE WITH CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER STEPHEN J. BROUSSARD, 36 OF VINTON, WHO HAD RECENTLY BEEN LIVING IN SULPHUR. IT’S BELIEVED THEY HAVE BEEN MEETING FOR THE PAST MONTH. BROUSSARD WAS CONVICTED OF CARNAL KNOWLEDGE OF A JUVENILE IN 2011 IN BEAUREGARD PARISH AND GOT OUT OF JAIL IN JANUARY 2016. POLICE ALSO LEARNED THAT HE HAS NOT BEEN TO WORK SINCE FRIDAY. BROUSSARD DRIVES A 2015 DARK GRAY CHEVROLET SILVERADO 4×4 TRUCK WITH A LOUISIANA LICENSE PLATE. HIS TRUCK WAS LAST SEEN ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON HEADED WESTBOUND ON I-10 NEAR THE LA/TEXAS STATE LINE. A WARRANT FOR BROUSARD’S ARREST HAS BEEN ISSUED. TAYLOR IS 5 FOOT TALL, WEIGHING ABOUT 130 POUNDS WITH RED HAIR AND HAZEL EYES. BROUSSARD IS 5 FOOT 8, WEIGHING ABOUT 140 POUNDS WITH DIRTY BLONDE HAIR AND GREEN EYES. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE AT 491-3664.
TWO TEENAGE MALES WERE SHOT EARLY THIS MORNING AROUND 1:15 AT THE 100 BLOCK OF STERNBERG DRIVE. WHEN POLICE ARRIVED THEY FOUND A 17 BLACK MALE AND AN 18 BLACK MALE SHOT. THEY WERE BOTH TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH NON THREATENING GUNSHOT WOUNDS. POLICE DON’T BELIEVE THIS SHOOTING WAS RELATED TO AN EARLIER SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE ON EAST SIMCOE STREET. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING PLEASE CONTACT LAFAYETTE POLICE OR CRIME STOPPERS AT 232-TIPS.
CHRISTUS HEALTH AND OSCHNER HEALTH SYSTEM ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY PLANS TO PARTNER TOGETHER TO BETTER SERVE THE LAKE CHARLES AREA. THE AGREEMENT WILL COVER ALL FUTURE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES OPERATED BY THE TWO HEALTH GROUPS IN THE REGION AND SHOULD GO INTO EFFECT THIS FALL.
A HEAVILY USED BRIDGE IN OPELOUSAS IS FACING CLOSURE. JULIE DARCY HAS MORE
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(AP) Entergy Louisiana says it has state permission to build an $872 million power plant fired by natural gas. Spokesman Mike Burns says construction is expected to begin next year in Westlake, near Lake Charles. The company says in a news release that the 994-megawatt combined-cycle plant should be in service by June 2020. Entergy says the plant is expected to save customers between $1.3 billion and $2 billion over the next 30 years. It says savings will include lower dependence on aging, less efficient plants, and avoiding about $600 million in transmission projects that would otherwise be needed in the area. It was approved Wednesday by the state Public Service Commission. Entergy Louisiana serves customers in southern, central and northeastern Louisiana. It’s a subsidiary of Entergy Corp.
