7-14-25
DOZENS OF DEMONSTRATORS AT CITY HALL IN NEW IBERIA THIS WEEKEND TOOK PART IN A NATIONWIDE CALL TO ACTION CALLED GOOD TROUBLE THREE-THREE-SEVEN. THE RALLIES LOOKED TO CARRY ON THE LEGACY OF THE LATE CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS AND HIS CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISM. DON MITCHELL, A LOCAL VOLUNTEER WITH THE NONPROFIT VOTE, WHICH ADVOCATES FOR THE FORMERLY INCARCERATED, SAID THEY WERE THERE TO MAKE GOOD TROUBLE FOR OUR DEMOCRACY, THE SOUL OF THE COUNTRY AND THE FUTURE. IT WAS ONE OF MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY RALLIES HELD ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
A LAFAYETTE PARISH JURY CONVICTED ERIC FALGOUT OF FIRST-DEGREE RAPE. THE VICTIM WAS FALGOUT’S STEPDAUGHTER AND SHE TOLD AUTHORITIES THAT THE SEXUAL ABUSE OCCURRED OVER A SIX YEAR PERIOD. SHE WAS TWELVE THE LAST TIME SHE WAS ASSAULTED IN NOVEMBER OF TWENTY-TWENTY-TWO. A FORENSIC INTERVIEW OF THE VICTIM SHOWED HER STATEMENTS WERE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE INVESTIGATION.
LAKE CHARLES POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING. IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY IN THE TWO HUNDRED BLOCK OF NORTH FIRST AVENUE, NEAR FOURNET STREET. ONE PERSON WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHOOTING OR THE CONDITION OF THE PERSON SENT TO THE HOSPITAL.
THERE WERE 880 MILLION ACRES OF LAND FARMED IN THE UNITED STATES IN TWENTY-TWENTY-TWO, ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, WHICH IS THIRTY-NINE PERCENT OF THE NATION’S LAND AREA. IN LOUISIANA, JUST UNDER EIGHT MILLION ACRES WERE FARMED IN THAT SAME YEAR, WHICH IS TWENTY-EIGHT-POINT-EIGHT PERCENT OF THE STATE’S TOTAL LAND AREA. THE PARISH WITH THE LARGEST AVERAGE FARM SIZE WAS JEFF DAVIS PARISH WITH ONE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO ACRES. THAT’S MORE THAN DOUBLE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE AND ABOUT FOUR TIMES THE STATE AVERAGE.
IT’S BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE THE POST OFFICE IN HENDERSON CLOSED AND MANY RESIDENTS HAVE HAD TO TRAVEL TO BREAUX BRIDGE TO GET THEIR MAIL. MAYOR SHERBIN COLLETTE TELLS KLFY TV HE SIGNED A CONTRACT PREVIOUSLY WITH THE BREAUX BRIDGE POSTMASTER TO INSTALL ONE HUNDRED CLUSTER MAILBOXES AT THE OLD CITY HALL IN HENDERSON. HE SAYS NOW, MONTHS LATER, HE DOESN’T HAVE A CLEAR ANSWER ON IF OR WHEN THE MALBOXES WILL BECOME ACTIVE. THE U-S POSTAL SERVICE CORPORATE OFFICE SENT A STATEMENT TO KLFY TV THAT CUSTOMERS SHOULD EXPECTE TO RECEIVE SPECIFIC INFORMATION FROM THE POSTAL SERVICE REGARDING THIS MATTER.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT DECLARED A WAR ON TRUANCY LAST WEEK. SPEAKING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, SUPERINTENDENT FRANCIS TOUCHET JUNIOR SAID THERE ARE TOO MANY KIDS ON THE STREET. HE SAID THE STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION ARE COMMITTED TO BEING INTENTIONAL IN THEIR ACTIONS MOVING FORWARD. MAYOR PRESIDENT MONIQUE BOULET PLEDGED THE SUPPORT OF THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
A PALMETTO MAN WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR A SHOOTING IN TWENTY-TWENTY THAT CLAIMED TWO LIVES. FORTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD SANPLIECE SIMIEN WAS CONVICTED IN MARCH ON TWO COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND THREE COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. IT HAPPENED IN OCTOBER OF TWENTY-TWENTY WHEN HE APPROACHED A PARKED TRUCK IN MORROW AND OPENED FIRE WITH TWO HANDGUNS. THE VICTIMS WERE TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL THOMAS AND TWENTY-YEAR-OLD LADARIUS KELLER.
TWO JUVENILES DROWNED IN A SULPHUR POND SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CALCASIEU PARISH DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO A PRIVATE POND NEAR A TRAILER PARK OFF OF MOSSWOOD DRIVE. THE BODIES OF THE TWO JUVENILES, AGED THIRTEEN AND SEVENTEEN, WERE RECOVERED. INVESTIGATORS SAY IT APPEARS TO BE ACCIDENTAL.
IN RAYNE, A GROUP OF KIDS SET UP A LEMONADE STAND TO SUPPORT FAMILIES WHO LOST LOVED ONES IN TEXAS. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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