7-12-21
Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards has died. A family spokesman says the four-term governor who served Louisiana through boom times and financial woes died Monday morning of respiratory problems. He was 93. The Democrat dominated Louisiana politics for three decades, his tenure overshadowed by an eight-year stretch in federal prison for a riverboat licensing scheme.
IN EVANGELINE PARISH, THREE MEN ARE UNDER ARREST IN A DRUG AND WEAPONS BUST. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS SHOT AND KILLED ON HARRINGTON DRIVE IN LAFAYETTE AT AROUND ONE O’CLOCK SUNDAY MORNING. POLICE SAY THE TEEN WAS SITTING IN A CAR WHEN AN UNKNOWN SUSPECT BEGAN FIRING GUNSHOTS AT THE VEHICLE. WHEN POLICE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE, THEY FOUND THE GIRL WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE BACK, AND SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE DIED. ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION ON THE HOMOCIDE IS ASKED TO CONTACT LAFAYETTE CRIME STOPPERS AT TWO-THREE-TWO-TIPS.
A JEFF DAVIS PARISH MAN WAS ROBBED SATURDAY WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO BUY A FIREARM ADVERTISED ON SNAPCHAT. CHIEF DEPUTY CHRIS IVEY OF THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE VICTIM ARRANGED TO MEET AT A LOCATION ON EARL DUHON ROAD, WHERE HE WAS ROBBED BY TWO MEN. ONE OF THE MEN WAS ARRESTED, EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD KOLBY REECE ARDOIN OF ROANOKE, WHO WAS BOOKED INTO THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH JAIL ON A CHARGE OF SIMPLE ROBBERY. THE OTHER MAN IS AT LARGE BUT IVEY SAYS THEY EXPECT TO ISSUE AN ARREST WARRANT FOR HIM.
HERE’S THE LATEST NEWS ON THE SEACOR POWER DISASTER FROM CAROLINE MARCELLO.
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JEANERETTE FIRE FIGHTERS WERE BUSY SATURDAY NIGHT. ACCORDING TO THEIR FACEBOOK POST, FOUR STRUCTURES WERE ON FIRE AT THE SAME TIME. THEY WERE TWO HOMES, A BUSINESS AND A WAREHOUSE. THEY RECEIVED HELP FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT AGENCIES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE FIRES.
ADDIS IN WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH IS LISTED AS THE SAFEST CITY IN LOUISIANA, ACCORDING TO SAFEWISE. THEY RELEASED A LIST OF THE TEN SAFEST CITIES IN THE STATE, AND IT INCLUDED YOUNGSVILLE AT NUMBER THREE, RAYNE AT NUMBER SEVEN, SCOTT AT EIGHT AND CARENCRO AT NINE. ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY, FEWER LOUISIANANS FEEL SAFE IN THEIR STATE THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE WITH ONLY THIRTY-FOUR PERCENT SAYING THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE IN LOUISIANA. SAFEWISE SAYS LOUISIANA STILL TOPS THE REGIONAL AND U-S VIOLENT CRIME RATE BY SEVERAL POINTS.
A HIGH SPEED CHASE THAT BEGAN IN RAPIDES PARISH SATURDAY AFTERNOON CONTINUED THROUGH WASHINGTON IN ST. LANDRY PARISH. IT BEGAN AT MILE POST FIFTY-SIX WHEN A STATE TROOPER TRIED TO PULL OVER THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE WITH A TEXAS LICENSE PLATE THAT WAS TRAVELING ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN MILES AN HOUR. THE PURSUIT GOT UP TO ONE HUNDRED FIFTY MILES AN HOUR. TROOPERS LOST SIGHT OF THE VEHICLE AT AROUND I-FORTY-NINE SOUTHBOUND EXIT NINETEEN.
