7-25-23
A COLD CASE MURDER FROM VERMILLION PARISH HAS BEEN SOLVED. DANIELLE DUNCAN REPORTS.
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ELEVEN SCHOOLS IN THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM ARE NEAR OR AT CAPACITY FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. THEY INCLUDE LAFAYETTE, ACADIAN AND SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLS, MILTON ELEMENTARY AND L-J ALLEMAN MIDDLE. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER HANNAH SMITH MASON SAYS THEY ARE REQUIRING A SECOND FORM OF PROOF FOR STUDENTS AT THE CAPACITY OR NEAR CAPACITY SCHOOLS. SHE SAYS THIS WILL MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO USE FAKE ADDRESSES AND ENSURE THEY ARE IN THE SCHOOL IN THEIR ZONE.
LOUISIANA’S PARDON BOARD YESTERDAY POSTPONED A HEARING TO DISCUSS CLEMENCY REQUESTS FROM A GROUP OF DEATH ROW INMATES. THE BOARD WAS SET TO DISCUSS THE REQUESTS FROM FIFTY-SIX DEATH ROW INMATES WHEN TWO DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, A LAWYER FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE LOUISIANA DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION ARRIVED. THEY VOICED THEIR DISPLEASURE WITH THE REQUESTS WHICH LED THE PARDON BOARD TO MOVE TO TABLE THEM. BOARD DIRECTOR FRANCIS ABBOTT CALLED IT A TEMPORARY PAUSE SO THEY COULD STUDY HOW THE PANEL’S PROCEDURES SHOULD BE APPLIED TO THE REQUESTS.
THE U-S COAST GUARD MEDEVACED A WOMAN FROM AN OIL TANKER TO LAKE CHARLES LAST FRIDAY. THE COAST GUARD’S HOUSTON-GALVESTON SECTOR RECEIVED A CALL FROM A MAN ON A PLEASURE CRAFT FRIDAY AFTERNOON SAYING HIS WIFE WAS DISPLAYING SYMPTOMS OF HEAT STROKE. A NEARBY VESSEL, THE STOLT PERSERVERANCE, HEARD THE BROADCAST AND WENT TO THE PLEASURE CRAFT TO BRING THE WOMAN ON BOARD FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION. A COAST GUARD HELICOPTER CREW ARRIVED LATER TO TAKE HER TO THE CHENNAULT AIRPORT IN LAKE CHARLES AND SHE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE IS IN STABLE CONDITION.
AN ESCAPED INMATE FROM THE EVANGELINE PARISH JAIL HAS BEEN RECAPTURED. OPELOUSAS POLICE WENT TO THE RESIDENCE OF A FEMALE ACQUAINTANCE OF THE INMATE, WILLIE JAVONNE PRICE, AFTER THEY RECEIVED AN ALERT FROM THE EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE. THE WOMAN ALLOWED THE POLICE TO SEARCH THEIR HOME AND THEY FOUND PRICE HIDING IN THE ATTIC. PRICE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND TRANSPORTED BACK TO EVANGELINE PARISH FOR PROCESSING.
A LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCILMAN IS ASKING TO DELAY DISCUSSION ON AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD LIMIT SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN THE CITY. ANDY NAQUIN, WHO WROTE THE ORDINANCE, SAYS HE WANTS TIME TO CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO THE ORDINANCE. HIS PRESS RELEASE SAYS THIS REQUEST DOES NOT MEAN HE SUPPORTS ANOTHER ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ALLOW THE SHORT-TERM RENTALS. THE COUNCIL IS MEETING TODAY.
FORTY-FIVE-POINT-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN SNAP BENEFITS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO AROUND ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX THOUSAND CHILDREN. THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES ANNOUNCED AN ADDITIONAL SIXTY-SIX-POINT-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IS ON THE WAY AS WELL. IN A PRESS RELEASE, THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE BENEFITS WILL BE ISSUED TO ELIGIBLE STUDENTS BASED ON THE SUBMISSION OF STUDENT ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION BY SCHOOLS. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT D-C-F-S-DOT-LOUISIANA-DOT-GOV.
CROWLEY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT. ONE PERSON WAS SHOT AT THE WESTWOOD APARTMENTS. THAT PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED ANY OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHOOTING AT THIS TIME.
