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ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN A SHOOTING IN LAFAYETTE. IT HAPPENED IN THE TWO HUNDRED BLOCK OF C-O CIRCLE. THE INJURY WAS NOT CONSIDERED LIFE-THREATENING AND NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING IS URGED TO CALL LAFAYETTE CRIME STOPPERS AT TWO-THREE-TWO-TIPS.
A WELCOME SIGN TO ABBEVILLE ALONG L-A ONE SIXTY-SEVEN WAS REINSTALLED YESTERDAY. THE CITY’S WELCOME SIGN WAS DAMAGED WHEN HIT BY A VEHICLE BACK IN FEBRUARY. THE SIGN HAS BEEN WELCOMING RESIDENTS AND GREETING VISITORS FOR FIFTEEN YEARS. CITY OFFICIALS THANKED SAINT MICHAEL’S SIGNS FOR THEIR WORK TO INSTALL THE REPLACEMENT SIGN.
A LAKE CHARLES WOMAN, WHO WAS ALLEGEDLY INTOXICATED, WAS ARRESTED AFTER HITTING A CITY BUS, CAUSING IT TO GO OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A HOME. IT HAPPENED ON SOUTH SHATTUCK STREET IN LAKE CHARLES WHEN, ACCORDING TO POLICE, THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD RESHEMA MARIE ROY DROVE HER S-U-V THROUGH A RED LIGHT BEFORE HITTING THE BUS. ONE PERSON IN THE HOME AND SEVERAL BUS PASSENGERS SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. ROY WAS CHARGED WITH D-W-I WITH CHILD ENDANGERMENT, DRIVING UNDER SUSPENSION, IMPROPER LANE USAGE AND RUNNING A RED LIGHT.
THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS REPORTED FOUR HEAT-RELATED DEATHS SO FAR THIS SUMMER. TWO OF THE FOUR WERE FROM NORTHEAST LOUISIANA, WHILE THERE WAS ONE EACH FROM ACADIANA AND THE NORTHSHORE. ANOTHER HEAT-RELATED DEATH HAS NOT YET BEEN REPORTED BY THE STATE. ON JULY TENTH, A THREE-YEAR-OLD BOY DIED FROM AN APPARENT HOT CAR DEATH IN PONCHATOULA.
THERE’S A GROWING CONCERN ABOUT THE HEAT ACROSS ACADIANA. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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A CROWLEY MAN, ACCUSED OF SELLING ILLEGAL DRUGS, WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY MORNING. IT HAPPENED AFTER ACADIA PARISH DEPUTIES SEARCHED A RESIDENCE IN THE ONE THOUSAND BLOCK OF WEST SIXTH STREET IN CROWLEY. THE DEPUTIES REPORT THAT FORTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD TIMOTHY RICHARDSON SOLD FENTANYL AND METH TO UNDERCOVER LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL. RICHARDSON, WHO HAS BEEN ARRESTED NUMEROUS TIMES FOR POSESSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF VARIOUS ILLEGAL NARCOTICS, ACCORDING TO DEPUTIES, WAS BOOKED INTO THE ACADIA PARISH JAIL AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.
IOWA POLICE CHIEF KEITH VINCENT HAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL NOT SEEK REELECTION. HE HAS LED THE DEPARTMENT FOR TWENTY YEARS AFTER HE WAS FIRST ELECTED IN TWO THOUSAND SIX. HIS FIFTH AND FINAL TERM ENDS ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST. HE EXPRESSED GRATITUDE FOR BEING ALLOWED TO SERVE HIS HOMETOWN, CALLING IT AN EXTRAORDINARY BLESSING, HONOR AND PRIVILEDGE.
A GROUP OF LAFAYETTE RESIDENTS GATHERED AT THE COURTHOUSE TO DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. THEY DELIVERED WRITTEN STATEMENTS TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. THE GROUP OF CONCERNED PARENTS ARE MAKING AN EFFORT TO ENSURE THE SCHOOL BOARD ADHERES TO LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AND SUPPORTS STUDENT SUCCESS. THE GROUP ORIGINALLY BEGAN TO WORK WITH BESE AND OTHER BOARDS BUT THEY WERE TOLD THEY’D HAVE TO SEEK ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGHT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OR THROUGH A PRIVATE LAWSUIT.
