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GEORGE FAUST HAS THE LATEST ON THE INDICTMENT OF LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL LIZ MURRILL.
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A MAJOR BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT IS UNDERWAY ALONG L-A THREE-THIRTY-NINE IN VERMILLION PARISH. THREE AGING BRIDGES ARE BEING REPLACED INCLUDING ONES NEAR HIDALGO ROAD, BROADVIEW DRIVE AND DURPHY ROAD. DEIDRA DRUILHET WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT SAYS THE BRIDGES WILL BE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH CONCRETE BOX CULVERTS. THE PROJECT, WHICH IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED UNTIL DECEMBER, WILL BRING LONG-TERM ROAD CLOSURES AND DETOURS FOR DRIVERS.
LAFAYETTE POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF A PERSON SHOT AND KILLED LAST WEEK. TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD JOHN ANDRUS WAS SHOT TUESDAY ON NORTH SAINT ANTOINE STREET AND LATER DIED. A SECOND SHOOTING VICTIM IS IN AN AREA HOSPITAL IN STABLE CONDITION. DETECTIVES ARE ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING.
LAKE CHARLES POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF A BODY FOUND THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IT’S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS FIFTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD MACK SOLICE OF LAKE CHARLES. HIS BODY WAS FOUND IN A DITCH NEAR WEST GAUTHIER AND BIG LAKE ROADS. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF FOUL PLAY BUT THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING.
LOUISIANA RANKS LAST IN PARTICIPATING IN THE WIC PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES AID FOR LOW-INCOME PREGNANT WOMEN. THAT’S ACCORDING TO A JUNE REPORT BY THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR, WHICH FOUND THE STATE DID NOT USE APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF FEDERAL WIC FUNDING BETWEEN TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE AND TWENTY-FOUR. THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, WHICH OVERSEES WIC, SAID IT HAS ALREADY TAKEN STEPS TO MAKE WIC MORE ACCESSIBLE.
A GUARD AT THE ICE PROCESSING CENTER IN BASILE HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING A WOMAN AT THE FACILITY. FIFTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD DAVID COURVELLE PLED GUILTY IN DECEMBER TO ONE COUNT OF SEXUAL ABUSE OF AN INMATE. HE HAD ADMITTED HAVING AN INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WOMAN. THE WOMAN WAS BEING DETAINED AT THE ICE FACILITY IN BASILE ON IMMIGRATION CHARGES.
LATER THIS WEEK, RESIDENTS IN NORTH LAFAYETTE PARISH WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO SHARE THEIR INPUT AND HELP IDENTIFY COMMUNITY PRIORITIES, CONCERNS AND IDEAS FOR THE UNINCORPORATED PARTS OF THE PARISH. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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A GOFUNDME CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN STARTED FOR A SAINT LANDRY PARISH COUPLE WHO LOST THEIR HOME DUE TO THE FLOODING FROM TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR. GREG AND GWEN MAYHALL HAD LIVED IN THE HOME, LOCATED ON L-A ONE-OH-SEVEN, FOR FORTY YEARS. GWEN SAYS IT WAS THE MOST RAIN SHE HAD SEEN COME DOWN IN HER SIXTY-NINE-YEARS. SHE SAID WATER GOT SO DEEP IN THE DEN THAT A PERSON COULD SWIM IN IT. SO FAR, THEY’VE RAISED A LITTLE MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.
