8-2-19
A LAFAYETTE MAN HAS PLED GUILTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF JACQUELINE “DAISY LYNN” LANDRY. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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LAKE CHARLES POLICE HAVE MADE TWO ARRESTS AND ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO OTHERS IN CONNECTION TO TWO BREAK-INS AT BARBE HIGH SCHOOL ON JULY 21ST AND 23RD. OVER SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE WAS DONE AND AN I-PHONE WAS STOLEN IN THE CONCESSION STAND. AFTER SURVEILLANCE PHOTOS WERE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC, POLICE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY ALL FOUR SUSPECTS. EARLIER THIS WEEK, THEY ARRESTED A 17-YEAR-OLD JUVENILE AND 18-YEAR-OLD SETH R. BORDELON OF MAMOU, AND THEY ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR 20-YEAR-OLD THOMAS D. BERZAS OF ELTON AND 21-YEAR-OLD MITCHELL M. HUGHES OF LAKE CHARLES.
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOY, WHO WAS SHOT IN AN ALLEGED DRIVE-BY SHOOTING WEDNESDAY NIGHT, IS RECOVERING. POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR 17-YEAR-OLD QUANTAVIS DURGIN OF VILLE PLATTE, WHO, THEY BELIEVE, FIRED A SHOT AT A VEHICLE, HITTING THE FIVE-YEAR-OLD IN THE LEG. THE BOY’S GRANDMOTHER, SONNA WILSON, TELLS KATC TV THAT THE VIOLENCE NEEDS TO STOP. HOWEVER, SHE DOESN’T THINK IT WILL BECAUSE, SHE SAYS, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ONLY ONE OFFICER ON PATROL AT A TIME, WHICH IS NOT ENOUGH.
Scientists say this year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” is the eighth largest on record. Every summer, a large underwater area with too little oxygen to sustain marine life forms off Louisiana. Scientists had predicted a near-record 7,800 square miles this year because of nitrogen and other nutrients carried by Midwestern flooding. However, this year’s research cruise measured it at 6,950 square miles. Scientists say the main reason is that waves from Hurricane Barry had mixed oxygen into the water.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD TOMORROW FOR PASTOR LARRY LANGLEY OF LAFAYETTE. LANGLEY SERVED AS A PASTOR IN SOUTH LOUISIANA FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS, INCLUDING AT THE GARDEN BAPTIST CHURCH AND EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH, BOTH IN LAFAYETTE. HE PASSED AWAY ON TUESDAY. VISITATION WILL BE HELD FROM SIX TO NINE TONIGHT AT DELHOMME FUNERAL HOME AND THE FUNERAL SERVICE IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT TWO AT FIRST BAPTIST OF LAFAYETTE.
BEGINNING NEXT WEDNESDAY, APPOINTMENTS WILL BE MADE FOR THOSE NEEDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PAY UTILITY BILLS. THE ASSISTANCE COMES THROUGH THE LOW INCOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH HELPED 53-HUNDRED PEOPLE IN 2017 AND 2018. PRIORITY IS GIVEN TO THOSE OVER THE AGE OF SIXTY, HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE AND FOR DISABLED PEOPLE. THOSE IN CALCASIEU PARISH WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT SHOULD CALL 721-40-33 BEGINNING ON WEDNESDAY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF SEVEN AND SEVEN.
MARTIN HOSPITAL WILL BE DOUBLE ITS CURRENT SIZE WHEN A 27-POINT-5 MILLION DOLLAR EXPANSION PROJECT IS COMPLETED. OVER 200 PEOPLE, INCLUDING GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS AND OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS, WERE ON HAND FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY. THE EXPANSION INCLUDES A NEW IMAGING CENTER, SURGERY SUITES AND NEW BEDS. THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE SPRING OF 2021.
Medical marijuana is expected to start reaching pharmacy shelves on Tuesday, after the state agriculture department completed final testing and cleared therapeutic cannabis for release to patients. Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain announced Thursday that GB Sciences, one of two state-sanctioned growers, can start shipping out the product to the state’s nine registered dispensaries.
John Davis, GB Sciences Louisiana president, told The Associated Press that the company is coordinating with the pharmacies to start delivering medical marijuana on Tuesday. Patients have been waiting years for medical marijuana, after lawmakers created the regulatory framework for dispensing therapeutic cannabis in 2015.
