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A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL REPORTED MISSING HAS BEEN FOUND. FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD KIMBERLY BARAHENA HAD BEEN MISSING SINCE SHE WAS LAST SEEN ON FRIDAY ON TOWNSHIP LANE. THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE POSTED ON FACEBOOK THAT BARAHENA HAS BEEN LOCATED AND IS SAFE
OPELOUSAS POLICE ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THEY FOUND A MAN WHO’S BEEN MISSING FOR SEVERAL DAYS. VINCENT STIERMAN WAS LOCATED SAFE AND WELL. THEY THANKED THOSED WHO ASSISTED IN FINDING HIM. NO OTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
Louisiana has agreed to delay implementing a requirement that the Ten Commandments be placed in all of the state’s public school classrooms, at least until November. The agreement was approved in federal court Friday. Under the agreement, state education officials won’t adopt rules implementing the law before Nov. 15. The agreement also keeps some local school systems named in the suit from posting the commandments before that date.
A LAKE CHARLES MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR CONTRACTOR FRAUD. FORTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BRENT DUGAS OF S-L-P-S POLE BARNS AND BUILDINGS AGREED TO CONSTRUCT A BUILDING ON PROPERTY IN ACADIA PARISH. THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY PAID HALF THE COST IN ADVANCE AND A YEAR LATER FILED A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT AGAINST DUGAS FOR VIOLATION OF RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR FRAUD. DUGAS WAS ARRESTED IN CALCASIEU PARISH AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ACADIA PARISH JAIL.
DRIVERS IN LAFAYETTE SHOULD BE AWARE OF A ROAD CLOSURE BEGINNING TODAY. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.
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CROWLEY POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A WOMAN IN CONNECTION WITH A STABBING THAT HAPPENED AT A NIGHTCLUB. SHANTERICA WINN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. SHE’S BEING HELD AT THE ACADIA PARISH JAIL ON A ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND. THE VICTIM, SHARVAE SIMPSON, WAS HOSPITALIZED BUT HER CONDITION HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.
The deadline for candidates to qualify for Louisiana’s six congressional races has concluded, marking the unofficial intensifying of campaign season and cementing who will be on the November ballot. In a pivotal election year, most eyes are on the race for Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District. The political boundaries of the area were recently redrawn by lawmakers, under the direction of the courts and governor, to create the state’s second majority-Black district. Additionally, the GOP congressman representing the district has opted not to seek reelection.
VILLE PLATTE POLICE LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION AFTER A CUSTOMER’S GRANDCHILD RECEIVED A BAG THAT HAD TWO SYRINGES IN IT AT THE SONIC RESTAURANT. ACCORDING TO K-A-D-N T-V, A WORKER AT THE RESTAURANT, WHO IS DIABETIC, PLACED THE SYRINGES IN A BAG AND PUT IT AWAY FOR SAFEKEEPING. ANOTHER WORKER MISTAKENLY GRABBED THE BAG AND PLACED AN ORDER IN IT. INVESTIGATORS SAY NOTHING CRIMINAL HAPPENED AND NO CHARGES WILL BE FILED.
