8-28-26
THE SECOND-DEGREE MURDER TRIAL OF BRAYLON SEMIEN OF GIBSON BEGINS MONDAY IN LAFAYETTE. HE IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A MAN TO DEATH ON MALAPART ROAD. SEMIEN’S ATTORNEY, DUECE DOMENGEAUX, TELLS KLFY TV THEY ARE ADAMANT THAT SEMIEN DID NOT DO THIS. HE SAYS HE BELIEVES THE STATE’S CASE IS SLIM.
A FIFTEEEN-YEAR-OLD FEMALE STUDENT AT CECIILIA HIGH SCHOOL ALLEGEDLY MADE A THREAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF BECKET BREAUX SAYS THEY RECEIVED A TIP ABOUT THE POST JUST BEFORE EIGHT YESTERDAY MORNING AND IMMEDIATELY LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION. THE STUDENT HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH TERRORIZING. SHE WAS RELEASED INTO THE CUSTODY OF HER MOTHER AFTER BEING BOOKED.
THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF A FATAL HOUSE FIRE THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY MORNING IN KINDER. ALLEN PARISH FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOUR RECEIVED HELP FROM MULTIPLE AGENCIES IN PUTTING OUT THE HOUSE FIRE, WHICH WAS LOCATED ON LUFTON AVENUE. A WOMAN DIED AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE. HER NAME HAD NOT YET BEEN RELEASED.
LOUISIANA’S TOURISM INDUSTRY IS BREAKING RECORDS, ACCORDING TO LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BILLY NUNGESSER. HE TOLD KPLC TV THAT THE STATE WELCOMED MORE THAN FORTY-FOUR MILLION VISITORS LAST YEAR, GENERATING OVER TWO BILLION DOLLARS IN TAX REVENUE. TOURISM IS LOUISIANA’S FOURTH-LARGEST INDUSTRY AND NUNGESSER SAYS THEY ARE WORKING TO EXPAND ITS REACH WELL BEYOND NEW ORLEANS. NUNGESSER MADE HIS COMMENTS FOLLOWING THE LOUISIANA TRAVEL SUMMIT, WHICH JUST WRAPPED UP IN NEW ORLEANS.
A YOUNGSVILLE WOMAN WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE WHILE RIDING A SCOOTER ON SAVOY ROAD NEAR VEROT SCHOOL ROAD LAST NIGHT AT AROUND EIGHT-THIRTY. THE WOMAN, THIRTY-YEAR-OLD KOURTNEY PICOU, WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE LATER DIED. POLICE DETERMINED THAT IT HAPPENED ON A ROADWAY THAT WAS DARK AT THE TIME AND PICOU WAS WEARING DARK-COLORED CLOTHING AND THERE WERE NO LIGHTS ON THE SCOOTER. THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING BUT NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED.
THE COUNTDOWN TO SPACEX’S FIRST TAKEOFF IS OFFICIALLY ON AFTER THE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT. HOWEVER SOME THINGS NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF FIRST LIKE THE HEALTH OF THE WILDLIFE IN THE AREA. GEORGE FAUST EXPLAINS.
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A LAFAYETTE MAN DIED AFTER FALLING THROUGH THE ROOF OF THE FORMER HON IRON BUILDING IN JEANERETTE. THE IBERIA PARISH CORONER’S OFFICE IDENTIFIED THE MAN AS TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD YELSON SORIANO. JEANERETTE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE FALL AS A WORKPLACE ACCIDENT. THE BUILDING IS LOCATED ON CANAL STREET.
THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA SYSTEM BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED RENAMING THE U-L BASEBALL STADIUM AFTER FORMER COACH TONY ROBICHAUX. THE FACILITY HAD BEEN OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS TIGUE MOORE FIELD AT RUSSO PARK SINCE TWENTY-SEVENTEEN. NOW IT WILL BE TONY ROBICHAUX PARK. ROBICHAUX, WHO DIED SEVEN YEARS AGO, IS THE WINNINGEST BASEBALL COACH IN MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY AND U-L LAFAYETTE HISTORY.
