7-9-25
A BODY WAS FOUND FLOATING IN A POND NEAR THE I-TEN WESTBOUND OFF RAMP IN RAYNE. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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THE ANNUAL BOYS AND GIRLS’ FUN DAY, KNOWN AS TRAINING FOUR LIFE, WAS HELD AT THE BLACKHAM COLISEUM IN LAFAYETTE. NEARLY SEVEN HUNDRED CHILDREN PARTICIPATED IN FUN ACTIVITIES AND HEARD FROM LOCAL ATHLETES. MICHELLE HARGRODER FROM COURTESY AUTOMOTIVE SAID THE FUN DAY WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH THE KIDS HOW TO BE PART OF A TEAM. ABOUT ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE TOOK PART IN THE EVENT AS VOLUNTEERS.
OPERATION DRY WATER TWENTY-TWENTY-FIVE SAW NINETEEN BOATERS STATEWIDE ARRESTED FOR D-W-I OVER THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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A JENNINGS MAN WAS SENTENCED AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO CHARGES RELATED TO A SHOOTING IN JENNINGS LAST YEAR IN JUNE. TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD JONAH URIAH LANDRY RECEIVED THIRTY YEARS FOR TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER, FIFTEEN YEARS FOR POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A FELON AND TEN YEARS FOR ASSAULT BY DRIVE-BY SHOOTING. THE SENTENCES ARE TO RUN AT THE SAME TIME. JENNINGS POLICE SAY THE DRIVE-BY SHOOTING LAST YEAR WAS GANG-RELATED.
CHURCH POINT POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT IN A DEADLY SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED MONDAY NIGHT. THE VICTIM, THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD JIVESTON ANTONIO HEBERT, DIED FROM A SINGLE GUNSHOT TO THE CHEST. THE SUSPECT, TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD CALVIN LAWRENCE SCOTT, IS WANTED FOR SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND OTHER CHARGES. ANYONE WHO KNOWS WHERE SCOTT IS LOCATED IS ASKED TO CONTACT CHURCH POINT POLICE.
THE U-S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY HAS APPROVED TWO STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS TO REDUCE SULFUR DIOXIDE EMISSIONS. THE FIRST AIMS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS AT CARBON CORPORATION’S CARBON BLACK PLANT IN EVANGELINE PARISH THROUGH LIMITS AND CONTROLS. COURTNEY BURDETTE OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY SAYS THE SECOND APPROVAL WAS A REVISION FOR SULFUR DIOXIDE TRANSPORTED ON THE INTERSTATE UNDER A CLEAN AIR ACT PROVISION. SHE SAYS IT MAKES SURE THAT EMISSIONS FROM LOUISIANA SOURCES DO NOT MAKE MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERFERE WITH NATIONAL AMBER AIR QUALITY STANDARD MAINTENANCE IN NEARBY STATES.
OPELOUSAS POLICE SAY AN ESCAPED INMATE FROM ANOTHER AREA MAY BE IN OR NEAR THE CITY. THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD RAYMOND HOWARD ESCAPED FROM CUSTODY IN MADISON COUNTY, BUT THEY DON’T SAY WHAT STATE THAT IS IN. HOWARD IS DESCRIBED AS BLACK, FIVE FEET, FIVE INCHES AND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY POUNDS. AUTHORITIES SAY HOWARD MAY BE ATTEMPTING TO SEEK SHELTER, TRANSPORTATION OR AID FROM CONTACTS IN THE OPELOUSAS REGION.
KLFY TV IS REPORTING THAT THE EUNICE HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD VOTED TO END THE EMPLOYMENT OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANGELIA GUILLORY. LAST APRIL, THEY PUT GUILLORY ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. THE HOUSING AUTHORITY SAY THIS WAS TO ACT ACCORDINGLY TO A BUYOUT REQUEST FROM GUILLORY’S ATTORNEY. GUILLORY’S ATTORNEY ISSUED A STATEMENT THAT THE PARTIES MUTUALLY AGREED TO PART WAYS WITH A BUYOUT OF THE REMAINING YEARS OF HER CONTRACT.
