7-7-17
A LAFAYETTE MAN WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY ON AN ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGE. 19-YEAR-OLD BRENDON JAMES YORKS IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY. IT HAPPENED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ON SONNY STREET. THE BOY WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL AND IS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION.
LAKE CHARLES POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A HOMOCIDE THAT HAPPENED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS YESTERDAY. CHIEF DEPUTY MARK KRAUS CONFIRMED THAT ONE PERSON IS DEAD FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND. IT HAPPENED AT THE CORNER OF KIRKMAN AND EAST SCHOOL STREETS. DETECTIVES ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT, AND KRAUS ASKS ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT 439-2222.
THERE WAS A SHOOTING INVOLVING AN EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. THE DEPUTY WAS RESPONDING TO AN ATTEMPTED BURGLARY CALL ON CHAD LANE WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED 27-YEAR-OLD DEJUAN GUILLORY. IT LED TO AN ALTERCATION IN WHICH GUILLORY WAS SHOT AND KILLED, WHILE THE DEPUTY WAS WOUNDED, AND IS NOW LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL. STATE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED 21-YEAR-OLD DEQUINCE E. BROWN OF CHURCH POINT, WHO WAS WITH GUILLORY DURING THE INCIDENT, AND HE’S BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER OF A POLICE OFFICER.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency says Louisiana State Police will get $1.8 million for emergency work after the floods last August. A news release Thursday said this brings the Department of Public Safety’s total for flood reimbursement to $5.7 million. Disaster-related services include search and rescue, emergency escorts, traffic control, evacuation and first responder operations. FEMA’s public assistance program has obligated more than $388 million to state and local governments and some nonprofits.
TWO LAFAYETTE WOMEN ARE FINALISTS FOR A VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD PRESENTED BY THE ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONALS OF LOUISIANA. THE STAFF AT J. WALLACE JAMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NOMINATED TALLY BERNARD FOR THE AWARD. SHE HAS TWO CHILDREN WHO ATTEND THE SCHOOL AND HAS VOLUNTEERED THERE FOR THREE YEARS. THE OTHER FINALIST FROM LAFAYETTE IS STEPHANIE LIPRIE, WHO WAS NOMINATED BY THE STAFF AT ACADIANA RENAISSANCE CHARTER ACADEMY.
LAST NIGHT THE CALCASIEU PARISH POLICE JURY ADOPTED A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE ENGINEERING AND DESIGN FOR A PROJECT TO CREATE OVER 900 ACRES OF MARSH IN THE SABINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. THAT AREA IS IN CAMERON PARISH, BUT COASTAL ZONE MANAGER LAURIE CORMIER SAYS IT WILL HELP LESSEN THE STORM SURGE FROM HURRICANES IN CALCASIEU PARISH. THE PLAN IS TO TAKE DREDGED MATERIAL FROM THE CALCASIEU SHIP CHANNEL TO HELP CREAT THE NEW MARSH. CORMIER SAYS IF THE PROJECT GETS APPROVED AND THE MONEY IS THERE, THE PROJECT SHOULD BE COMPLETED WITHIN TWO YEARS.
OVER TWO THOUSAND RESIDENTS IN IBERIA AND VERMILLION PARISHES LOST POWER FOR HOURS LAST NIGHT. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
VOICER T :12
A Louisiana state lawmaker says she’s dropping out of the state treasurer’s race because she’s been diagnosed with breast cancer. Rep. Julie Stokes, a Jefferson Parish Republican, announced her decision and her diagnosis Thursday with a statement posted to her campaign website. Stokes says she’ll have at least five months of chemotherapy treatment. The sign-up period for the treasurer’s race on the Oct. 14 ballot is next week.
