7-5-19
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR U-L HEAD BASEBALL COACH TONY ROBICHEAUX. THE FUNERAL WILL TAKE PLACE MONDAY AT TWO AT OUR LADY OF FATIMA CATHOLIC CHURCH. VISITATION WILL TAKE PLACE BEFORE THE SERVICE FROM TEN TO TWO AND ANOTHER VISITATION WILL TAKE PLACE SUNDAY AT THE CAJUNDOME CONVENTION CENTER FROM THREE TO NINE. ROBICHAUX DIED WEDNESDAY AT THE AGE OF 57.
INGEVITY IS SPENDING FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR DERIDDER CHEMICAL PLANT. DERIDDER PLANT MANAGER DANNY KYLE SAYS THE UPGRADES WILL ALLOW THE COMPANY TO SECURE ITS EMPLOYMENT WITH PLANS FOR FUTURE GROWTH. HE SAYS THERE WILL BE NO IMMEDIATE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THEY’RE HOPING IT WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD TO THE HIRING OF MORE EMPLOYEES. THE DERIDDER FACILITY BEGAN OPERATING IN 1977 WITH LESS THAN FORTY EMPLOYEES AND NOW HAS MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED EMPLOYEES.
A KAPLAN MAN WAS KILLED IN A CAR CRASH IN ACADIA PARISH YESTERDAY EVENING. 26-YEAR-OLD HARLEY ROMINE WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON HIGHWAY 13 NEAR AIRPORT ROAD AT AROUN 5:20 P-M. HE WENT OFF THE ROAD, CAUSING HIS CAR TO GO INTO A ROLL. HE WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT AND WAS EJECTED. ROMINE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
Treasurer John Schroder says he won’t let Louisiana spend $25 million from the state’s unclaimed property account for general operating expenses this year. The Republican state treasurer calls the financing mechanism illegal. Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards disagrees and says the money will pay for critical services.
The decision threatens to create a hole in the state’s $30 billion operating budget only a month after lawmakers finished crafting it.
TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND KILLED ON JULY FOURTH IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT, A MAN WAS KILLED IN THE 200 BLOCK OF BROCKTON DRIVE NORTH OF CARENCRO. THREE SUSPECTS WERE APPREHENDED BY LAFAYETTE OFFICERS AND A 16-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER. THE SECOND SHOOTING HAPPENED AROUND 2:30 A-M IN THE 200 BLOCK OF LILLY STREET WHERE A MAN WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH. THERE HAVE BEEN NO ARRESTS YET IN THAT CASE.
A MISSING ESTHERWOOD WOMAN HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE. 41-YEAR-OLD CASSANDRA LELEAUX WAS FOUND IN SULPHUR, ACCORDING TO POLICE CHIEF WAYNE WELSH. HE SAYS THEY WILL RELEASE MORE INFORMATION ONCE AN INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE. LELEUX HAD BEEN MISSING SINCE LAST SATURDAY WHEN SHE TOLD FAMILY SHE WAS RETURNING AFTER A VISIT TO LAKE CHARLES.
TWO PEOPLE ARRESTED FOR SHOPLIFTING IN BREAUX BRIDGE WERE FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF MORE THAN THIRTY STOLEN CHECKS. BREAUX BRIDGE POLICE SAY THAT THE CHECK AMOUNTS TOTALED MORE THAN 43-THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE TWO WHO WERE ARRESTED WERE 34-YEAR-OLD DUSTIN GUILBEAU OF JENNINGS AND 35-YEAR-OLD HEATHER COMPTON OF PORT BARRE. THEY WERE BOOKED INTO THE ST. MARTIN PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER.
Louisiana state parks are offering discounts through the end of the year to first responders and all former and current military members. Members of those groups nationwide can get 15% off rentals of campsites, cabins, lodges, group camps, conference centers and pavilions at Louisiana state parks. The agency announced the discounts Wednesday to recognize Independence Day. It says first responders’ discounts are available for Monday through Thursday nights, and military discounts are available all week.
