8-22-22
ONE MAN WAS SHOT AT A BARBER SHOP AT THE ACADIANA MALL SUNDAY. SENIOR CORPORAL MATTHEW BENOIT SAYS THERE WAS AN ALTERCATION BETWEEN THREE MEN WHEN ONE OF THEM PRODUCED A GUN AND SHOT ANOTHER MAN BEFORE FLEEING. THE VICTIM IS IN STABLE CONDITION AT THE HOSPITAL. ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING IS ASKED TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT TWO-THREE-TWO-TIPS.
A HEAD-ON COLLISION SATURDAY MORNING AT TWO-THIRTY ON L-A HIGHWAY THIRTY-FORTY-TWO RESULTED IN ONE DEATH. STATE POLICE SAY A THIRTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FROM VILLE PLATTE TRAVELING NORTH, CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND HIT AN ONCOMING NISSAN SENTRA. THE DRIVER OF THE SENTRA, TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD LIONEL GABE BANGS OF VILLE PLATTE, WHO WAS NOT WEARING HIS SEAT BELT, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE VILLE PLATTE WOMAN, WHO WAS ALSO UNRESTRAINED, SUFFERED MODERATE INJURIES.
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL HAS PUT OUT STATISTICS SHOWING THE HIGH HOMOCIDE RATE FOR LOUISIANA RURAL PARISHES. IN THE YEAR TWENTY-TWENTY, THE LATEST YEAR THAT DATA IS AVAILABLE, THE HOMOCIDE RATE FOR LOUISIANA RURAL PARISHES WAS JUST UNDER SEVENTEEN PEOPLE PER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND. THAT COMPARES TO JUST OVER NINETEEN PER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND IN LOUISIANA’S URBAN AREAS, WHICH IS THE NARROWEST GAP BETWEEN THE TWO AT ANY TIME THIS CENTURY. LOUISIANA’S RURAL HOMOCIDE RATE IS NEARLY THREE TIMES THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR RURAL AREAS AND LOUISIANA’S RURAL RATE IS NEARLY TWICE THE RATE FOR THE NATION’S URBAN AREAS.
Louisiana State Police say officers in Lake Charles shot and wounded a woman who fired a gun after they responded to a call early Friday A news release says 45-year-old Sheri Carlson of Lake Charles was hit in the lower torso, but her wounds are not life-threatening. State police say a preliminary investigation indicates that Lake Charles police answered a call about suspicious circumstances about 6:30 a.m. and made contact with Carlson, who fired a handgun from near an apartment doorway. The statement does not say what was considered suspicious, or whether she fired at the officers or in another direction.
ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A HOUSE FIRE IN YOUNGSVILLE SATURDAY MORNING. TWO PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE MANAGED TO GET OUT SAFELY BUT A THIRD PERSON WAS FOUND DEAD IN A BEDROOM. THE HOME SUSTAINED HEAVY FIRE DAMAGE. AN INVESTIGATION IS BEING CONDUCTED INTO THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE AND THE FATALITY.
A SAINT MARTINVILLE MAN WAS KILLED IN A CRASH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING INVOLVING A HORSE. THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THAT AT AROUND TWELVE THIRTY A-M, THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE HIT A HORSE WHILE TRAVELING SOUTH ON DUCHAMP ROAD. TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD KEALIN BATISTE, WHO WAS A PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE, DIED FROM HIS INJURIES IN THE CRASH. THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING AND CHARGES ARE PENDING.
Louisiana taxpayers have until Oct. 6 to claim millions in state income tax refunds before they become unclaimed property. The Louisiana Department of Revenue sent letters to 20,400 people and business taxpayers, advising them to claim their refunds before they are transferred by law to the Unclaimed Property Division of the state treasurer’s office. The department, in a news release, said more than $36 million in unclaimed refunds is due for transfer if not claimed. To claim a refund, complete and return to the department the voucher in the letter dated Aug. 18.
THE D-O-T-D WILL BEGIN CONSTRUCTION TODAY ON A REALIGNMENT PROJECT ALONG HIGHWAY EIGHTY-EIGHT IN IBERIA PARISH. DANIELLE JOHNSON HAS MORE.
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