8-29-25
LAFAYETTE POLICE HAVE TWO MORE SUSPECTS IN CONNECTION TO A SHOOTING AT DEBAILLON PARK DURING A VIGIL LAST WEEKEND. A SIX-YEAR-OLD GIRL, RYLIEE WATSON, WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES AND IS IN A COMA AT A BATON ROUGE HOSPITAL. YESTERDAY EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD KIMMY DAUNTAINE JUNIOR WAS ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER WHILE ANOTHER SUSPECT, TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD JA ANDRE WILLIS, WAS APPREHENDED IN BEAUMONT AND IS AWAITING EXTRADITION TO LAFAYETTE. THE FIRST SUSPECT ARRESTED WAS TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD DAYLON ANDRUS FOR ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
A VILLE PLATTE MAN WAS KILLED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY ONE SIXTY-SEVEN IN EVANGELINE PARISH AT AROUND TEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD BRIAN WALKER WAS TRAVELING NORTH IN A CHEVY SILVERADO WHEN HE WENT OFF THE ROAD TO THE LEFT WHILE NEGOTIATING A RIGHT TURN CURVE AND FLIPPED THE VEHICLE. WALKER, WHO WASN’T WEARING A SEATBELT, SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES AND LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. STATE POLICE SUSPECT IMPAIRMENT PLAYED A FACTOR IN THE CRASH.
AUTHORITIES SAY A MAN WANTED IN A DOUBLE MURDER, WHO HAS TIES TO LOUISIANA, IS THE SUBJECT OF A MULTI-STATE MANHUNT. LAYNE MILLER REPORTS.
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WORK ON THE I-TWO-TEN BRIDGE IN LAKE CHARLES IS NEARING COMPLETION. CREWS BEGAN IN MARCH INSTALLING NEW LIGHTING AND MAKING ELECTRICAL REPAIRS AND UPGRADES AS PART OF AN EIGHT MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT. STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT SPOKESMAN JOHN GUIDROZ SAYS THE CONTRACTOR IS WORKING ON PULLING, TESTING AND TERMINATING CONDUCTORS FOR THE NEW LIGHTING. HE SAYS THAT, IF THE WEATHER COOPERATES, THE PROJECT SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY NEXT WEEK.
THE FORMER FIRE CHIEF FOR LAFAYETTE HAS A NEW JOB WITH ACADIAN AMBULANCE. ROBERT BENOIT WILL SERVE AS THEIR FIRE LIAISON SUPERVISOR. HE WILL TRAVEL THE STATE MEETING WITH FIRE CHIEFS AND ACADIAN AMBULANCE MANAGERS TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION AND IDEAS AND DISCUSS WAYS OF DOING THINGS BETTER. BENOIT SAYS HIS FOCUS IS ON SAVING LIVES, PROTECTING PROPERTY AND IMPROVING THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE.
A CROWLEY MAN WAS ARRESTED AS THE RESULT OF A MULTI-AGENCY NARCOTICS INVESTIGATION. A LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY ATTEMPTED TO CONDUCT A TRAFFIC STOP BUT TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD MARCUS JUDE REDLICH JUNIOR REFUSED TO PULL OVER, LEADING TO A VEHICLE PURSUIT, WHICH ENDED WHEN HE CRASHED HIS VEHICLE. OFFICIALS SAY THAT, DURING THE PURSUIT, REDLICH TOSSED THREE POUNDS OF CRYSTAL METH FROM HIS VEHICLE VALUED AT TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. HE IS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE CRYSTAL METH.
THE U-S IS SEEING A LATE SUMMER SURGE IN COVID-NINETEEN CASES, ACCORDING TO THE U-S CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. IT’S PARTICULARLY PRONOUNCED IN ONE REGION THAT INCLUDES LOUISIANA. IN THAT REGION, ABOUT FIFTEEN PERCENT OF COVID TESTS ARE COMING BACK POSITIVE. THE NUMBER OF CASES IS LIKELY UNDERREPORTED AS PEOPLE OPT TO USE AT-HOME KITS OVER LAB TESTS.
THE TOWN OF GRAND COTEAU IS GETTING A NEW WATER TREATMENT PLANT. LAYNE MILLER HAS THE DETAILS.
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