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RAYNE POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN CONNECTION TO DAMAGE CAUSED TO THE CITY BASKETBALL COURT ON LYMAN AVENUE LAST WEEK. NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD TREVION LAMAR HOLLIER IS ACCUSED OF DRIVING ONTO THE COURT AND DOING DONUTS WITH HIS VEHICLE. HE’S BEEN CHARGED WITH SIMPLE CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND RECKLESS OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE. REPAIRS ARE UNDERWAY AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED THIS WEEK, ALLOWING THE COURT TO BE REOPENED.
THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE DISCOVERED THE BODY OF A CHILD FLOATING IN WATER BEHIND THE VINTON WELCOME CENTER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. DEPUTIES WENT TO THE CENTER AFTER HEARING FROM WITNESSES AND THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE MARINE DIVISION RECOVERED THE BODY. IT HAS BEEN SENT TO THE CORONER’S OFFICE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF DEATH. SHERIFF STITCH GUILLORY SAYS DETECTIVES ARE ON THE SCENE AND ARE WORKING TO IDENTIFY THE BOY.
Parents challenging a new Louisiana law requiring that the Ten Commandments be posted in public school classrooms are asking a federal court to block implementation of it while their lawsuit progresses — and before the new school year starts. A group of parents of Louisiana public school students filed the lawsuit last month. In motions filed Monday, their attorneys asked for a preliminary injunction against the law. They also sought an expedited briefing and hearing schedule requiring the state to respond by July 19 and for a hearing on July 29, shortly before public schools open in early August.
THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT HAS FINALIZED PLANS FOR DREDGING THE VERMILLION RIVER AT ROTARY POINT AND EQUIPMENT IS BEING PUT IN PLACE FOR THE ACTUAL DREDGING THAT SHOULD BEGIN IN AUGUST, WEATHER PERMITTING. THE PLAN CALLS FOR CLEARING ACCUMULATED SEDIMENT AND IMPLEMENTING PROTECTIVE MEASURES. EXCAVATOR OPERATOR DAVIS PREJEAN TELLS KLFY TV THAT THEY ARE GOING TO PUMP THE SEDIMENT INTO PITS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD. MAYOR PRESIDENT MONIQUE BOULET SAYS SHE LOOKS FORWARD TO THE PROJECT PROGRESSING AS DREDGING WILL PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN THE HEALTH OF LAFAYETTE’S BAYOUS.
OPELOUSAS POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A SUSPECT IN A JUNE TWENTY-THIRD SHOOTING ON EAST PRUDHOMME STREET, NEAR CHURCH’S CHICKEN. THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD TODD STELLY OF OPELOUSAS WAS BOOKED ON CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A PERSON CONVICTED OF CERTAIN FELONIES. THE VICTIM, STEPHON REED, WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS. ANOTHER SUSPECT WAS PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED, GREGORY MAYNARD, AND HE WAS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER.
LOUISIANA SENATOR BILL CASSIDY IS URGING LAWMAKERS TO MAKE FLOOD INSURANCE MORE AFFORDABLE. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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A MALE BODY WAS FOUND MONDAY MORNING BEHIND THE RACEWAY GAS STATION ON CENTER STREET IN NEW IBERIA. THE BODY HAS BEEN SENT TO THE CORONER FOR AN AUTOPSY. POLICE DO NOT SUSPECT FOUL PLAY AT THIS TIME. THEY ARE ALSO TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE BODY.
REPAIRS ARE UNDERWAY AT THE CROSSING AT MERVINE KAHN IN RAYNE AFTER A CAR DROVE INTO IT SATURDAY EVENING. NATALIE THOMAS, THE DAUGHTER OF THE OWNER AND AN EMPLOYEE, SAYS THE WOMAN DRIVING THE CAR, BACKED OUT AND THEN RAN INTO ANOTHER NEARBY BUILDING CALLED ANTIQUES ON THE AVENUE. SHE LEARNED THAT THE WOMAN PANICKED AFTER HER BLOOD SUGAR DROPPED AND HER BLOOD PRESSURE WAS HIGH. THOMAS SAYS THEY ARE WORKING HARD TO MAKE REPAIRS IN TIME FOR AN EVENT PLANNED AT THE RECEPTION HALL IN THREE WEEKS.
