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SETH FONTENOT WAS SENTENCED FOR THE 2013 SHOOTING DEATH OF AUSTIN RIVAULT AND FOR SHOOTING COLE KELLY AND WILLIAM BELLAMY. JULIE DARCE REPORTS.
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NEXT WEDNESDAY, THE LAKE CHARLES CITY COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON A RESOLUTION TO ASK THE CALCASIEU PARISH POLICE JURY TO REMOVE THE SOUTH DEFENDER’S MONUMENT FROM IN FRONT OF THE PARISH COURTHOUSE AS WELL AS ALL OTHER CONFEDERATE SYMBOLS. POLICE JURY PRESIDENT NIC HUNTER TELLS THE AMERICAN PRESS THAT THEY WERE “HIT VERY COLD WITH THIS NEWS” ABOUT THE RESOLUTION, AND SAYS HE WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED A COURTESY CALL FROM THE COUNCIL. COUNCILWOMAN MARY MORRIS SAYS SHE SPONSORED THE RESOLUTION AT THE REQUEST OF RESIDENTS IN HER DISTRICT. THE SOUTH DEFENDER’S MONUMENT WAS DEDICATED DURING A CEREMONY AT THE COURTHOUSE ON JUNE THIRD, 1905.
A BICYCLIST IN BREAUX BRIDGE WAS KILLED TUESDAY NIGHT AT AROUND 7:20. 17-YEAR-OLD TREY GOODRICH WAS TRAVELING EAST ON CLIFTON ANGELLE ROAD WHEN HE MADE A RIGHT TURN ON DOYLE MELANCON ROAD AND COLLIDED WITH SIDE OF AN ONCOMING VEHICLE. MAJOR GINNY HIGGINS WITH THE ST. MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS GOODRICH WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. THE ACCIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION, BUT NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED.
The Louisiana Education Department has launched its online portal that gives parents, teachers and others a chance to provide opinions on state standards in English language arts and mathematics. The portal is an element of a compromise reached in the Legislature between supporters and opponents of Common Core standards. Under that plan, educators and experts on four committees will review the national standards and report back to the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. That board will vote on the standards by March and send them to the governor and Legislature.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO THE SALE OF TEN MILLION DOLLARS IN BONDS TO IBERIABANK. THE MONEY WILL BE USED TO PURCHASE 128 SCHOOL BUSES. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER BILLY GUIDRY SAYS THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL SAVE MORE THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY BY OWNING THE BUSES RATHER THAN LEASING. SOME OF THE MONEY WILL ALSO BE USED TO FUND SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.
A NEW SMOKING BAN FOR SULPHUR GOES INTO EFFECT ON SUNDAY. THE NEW LAW INCLUDES E-CIGARETTES AND VAPING. UNDER THE ORDINANCE, PEOPLE HAVE TO BE AT LEAST 25 FEET FROM THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF A BUILDING AND AT LEAST FIVE FEET FROM THE SECONDARY ENTRANCE TO SMOKE. VAPE SHOPS ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE ORDINANCE.
SOME RESIDENTS IN EVANGELINE PARISH WILL BE WITHOUT WATER FOR A FEW HOURS TODAY. THE POINT BLUE WATER SYSTEM IS SHUTTING OFF THE WATER IN THE KENNEDY EUGENE SUBDIVISION. THE WATER WILL BE OFF FOR ABOUT FOUR HOURS. A WORK CREW WILL BE ON SITE COMPLETING A JOB THEY BEGAN ON MONDAY.
The former police chief in a small Avoyelles Parish town remains in jail after being booked in the death of his wife back in March. The Town Talk reports Charles Mayeux Jr., the former Evergreen chief, was arrested Tuesday on a warrant charging him with second-degree murder and aggravated arson.
Authorities say the charges stem from a March 21 fire at the home he shared with his wife, Shelly St. Romain Mayeux. An initial investigation by the Louisiana State Fire Marshal’s Office determined that the fire was suspicious.
