7-7-22
SIX COLLEGES IN LOUISIANA AND ONE IN TEXAS WERE EVACUATED YESTERDAY DUE TO BOMB THREATS. THEY INCLUDED U-L LAFAYETTE, SOWELA TECHNICAL COLLEGE IN LAKE CHARLES AND SOUTH LOUISIANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE’S MORGAN CITY CAMPUS. MOST OF THE BOMB THREATS WERE CALLED IN ABOUT THE SAME TIME YESTERDAY MORNING THOUGH IT’S NOT KNOWN IF THEY ARE RELATED. OFFICIALS ARE WORKING TO DETERMINE THE ORIGIN OF THE THREATS.
LAFAYETTE POLICE HAVE DETERMINED IT WAS A HIT-AND-RUN THAT WAS THE CAUSE OF DEATH OF A MAN FOUND ON MONDAY. GERLD GRUENIG REPORTS.
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IT’S BEEN MORE THAN THREE YEARS SINCE THREE BLACK BAPTIST CHURCHES IN RURAL SAINT LANDRY PARISH WERE TORCHED BY AN ARSONIST. ONE OF THOSE CHURCHES, MOUNT PLEASANT BAPTIST CHURCH, IS CLOSE TO OPENING THEIR NEWLY BUILT BUILDING. REVEREND GERALD TOUSSAINT TELLS KLFY TV THAT THEY ARE BASICALLY FINISHED AND AWAITING FINAL INSPECTIONS. THE OTHER TWO CHURCHES, SAINT MARY BAPTIST CHURCH AND GREATER UNION BAPTIST CHURCH, ARE FARTHER AWAY AND HAVE NOT SET ESTIMATED DATES FOR THEIR REOPENINGS.
The Louisiana Supreme Court has rejected the state attorney general’s request to allow immediate enforcement of state abortion bans that were put on hold by a state district judge. A 4-to-2 ruling late Wednesday said only that the court declined to get involved “at this preliminary stage.” A concurring opinion said the request from Attorney General Jeff Landry is premature. Justice Jefferson Hughes III said the case should go through district and appellate courts first.
A JENNINGS MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR PERFORMING CONTRACTOR WORK WITHOUT A LICENSE AND PAWNING OFF STOLEN ITEMS. TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD CURTH J. ROMERO WAS HIRED BY A LAKE CHARLES RESIDENT TO DO ELECTRIC WORK LAST YEAR AND THE RESIDENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ITEMS STOLEN INCLUDING JEWELRY, COLLECTIBLE COINS, FIREARMS, PRESCRIPTION MEDS AND MORE. THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS ROMERO SOLD SOME ITEMS TO JEWELRY STORES AND PAWN SHOPS AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF THE STOLEN GOODS WERE FOUND AT HIS HOME. ROMERO WAS ARRESTED AT HIS HOME AND CHARGED WITH THEFT OVER TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR FRAUD AND FAILURE TO POSSESS A REQUIRED LICENSE.
A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS DISMISSED A LAWSUIT FILED BY THE LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT OVER A SPOIL BANKS PROJECT IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH. THE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT REMOVED DECADES-OLD LEVEES ON PROPERTY PARTIALLY OWNED BY THEM, ANGERING OFFICIALS WITH THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH GOVERNMENT. ACCORDING TO KATC TV, THE SUIT WAS FILED IN AN ATTEMPT TO PERSUADE A JUDGE TO RULE THE PROJECT DIDN’T VIOLATE ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAWS. U-S DISTRICT JUDGE JAMES D. CAIN JUNIOR DISMISSED THE LAWSUIT TUESDAY SAYING THE LEGAL CLAIMS IN IT WERE LEGALLY PREMATURE.
ACADIA PARISH CRIME STOPPERS IS ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING A MAN WANTED FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM, AGGRAVATED SECOND DEGREE BATTERY AND OTHER CHARGES. WARRANTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ARREST OF TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD KOI MICHAEL GAUTREAUX, WHOSE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS WAS ON MECHE ROAD NORTH OF RAYNE. GAUTHREAUX IS WHITE, FIVE-ELEVEN, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE POUNDS WITH BROWN HAIR AND BROWN EYES. ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION ON WHERE GAUTHREAUX IS LOCATED IS ASKED TO CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS, WHERE UP TO A TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO HIS ARREST.
SCIENTISTS AT L-S-U HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW SUB-VARIANTS OF THE OMICRON VARIANT. GERALD GRUENIG HAS MORE.
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