7-14-21
LAFAYETTE POLICE SAY A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN THE DEADLY SHOOTING OF SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD JA’NYA HEBERT. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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A BUDGET WAS APPROVED LAST NIGHT AT A MEETING OF THE PARKS CITY COUNCIL, BUT COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE DISPUTING IT. MAYOR KEVIN KATELY MADE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE BUDGET, ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER MADE A MOTION TO ACCEPT IT AND THEN THE MAYOR ADJOURNED THE MEETING. SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE UPSET THAT THEY WERE NOT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS. SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS TELL KLFY TV TEN THAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO UNDO THE NEW BUDGET, EVEN IF IT MEANS GETTING STATE AUDITORS INVOLVED.
THE BODIES OF TWO PEOPLE WERE FOUND AT A HOME ON ENGLESIDE STREET IN LAKE CHARLES, NEAR CHRISTUS OCHSNER SAINT PATRICK HOSPITAL. KAYLA VINCENT WITH THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS AUTHORITIES ARE ATTEMPTING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF DEATH. SHE SAYS THE INCIDENT APPEARS SUSPICIOUS. THE BODIES HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO THE CALCASIEU PARISH CORONER’S OFFICE FOR A THOROUGH EXAMINATION.
FACEMASK WEARING WILL BE THE SOLE DISCRETION OF LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS THE DETAILS.
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TWO-POINT-SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS IN IMPROVEMENTS ARE PLANNED FOR THE YOUNGSVILLE SPORTS COMPLEX. THEY INCLUDE A NEW SPLASHPAD, FOUR ADDITIONAL BEACH VOLLEYBALL COURTS AND FOUR MORE BATTING CAGES. NEARBY FOSTER PARK WILL GET NEW BATHROOMS, CONCESSION STANDS AND A SIDEWALK LINKING IT WITH THE YOUNGSVILLE SPORTS COMPLEX. YESTERDAY THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED ACQUIRING FORTY-SIX-AND-A-HALF ACRES NEXT TO THE SPORTS COMPLEX THROUGH ANY MEANS NECESSARY.
THERE’S BEEN NO OFFICIAL CAUSE OF A FIRE IN JEANERETTE THAT DAMAGED FOUR BUILDINGS, BUT IT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE RESULT OF AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. THE PROPERTY OWNER SAYS A FIRE STARTED IN A WAREHOUSE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND THE FIRE SPREAD TO TWO HOUSES NEXT TO IT, DESTROYING ALL THREE. FIREFIGHTERS MANAGED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT, BUT A FEW HOURS LATER THE FIRE REIGNITED AND DAMAGED THE FRONT OF A HOUSE LOCATED IN FRONT OF THE WAREHOUSE. THE PROPERTY OWNER SAYS A FAMILY WAS SUPPOSED TO MOVE INTO THAT HOUSE THIS WEEK.
THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SEX OFFENDER UNIT IS ASKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING FUGITIVES WANTED FOR REGISTRY VIOLATIONS. FIFTY-YEAR-OLD ADOLPH CREIGHTON JUNIOR OF CROWLEY, TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD MELVIN DUGAR OF CROWLEY, FIFTY-YEAR-OLD JIMMY LOUVIERE OF JENNINGS AND FORTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD CHARLES DUGAS OF RAYNE ARE WANTED FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER AS SEX OFFENDERS. IF YOU KNOW THE LOCATIONS OF ANY OF THE FOUR, YOU ARE ASKED TO CALL THE TIPS LINE AT SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS. ALL CALLERS REMAIN ANONYMOUS AND ARE ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH REWARD IF THE INFORMATION LEADS TO AN ARREST.
