8-30-23
AN ABBEVILLE WOMAN HAS STARTED A PETITION TO KEEP HER MOTHER IN PRISON. IN TWENTY-TEN, DENNA DECUIR WAS SENTENCED TO THIRTY-FIVE YEARS IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE FOR SHOOTING AND KILLING HER HUSBAND. THE DAUGHTER, SHENA, SAYS SHE RECENTLY FOUND OUT HER MOTHER APPLIED FOR EARLY RELEASE THREE YEARS AGO AND IS UPSET SHE WASN’T INFORMED. SHENA SAYS SHE LEARNED HER MOTHER COULD BE RELEASED AS EARLY AS TWENTY-THIRTY, BUT SHE IS IS HOPING TO GET ENOUGH SIGNATURES ON A PETITION TO STOP THE PARDON OR RELEASE OF HER MOTHER.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ANNOUNCED THE ARREST OF A MAN WITH BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC WARRANTS. THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD JOEL HERRERA WAS ARRESTED IN THE TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED BLOCK OF CONGRESS STREET ON MONDAY. HE WAS WANTED FOR AGGRAVATED BURGLARY, BATTERY OF A DATING PARTNER AND HE HAD A ROBBERY WARRANT ISSUED BY INTERPOL OUT OF HONDURAS. HERRERA WAS FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AND POLICE PARAPHERNALIA.
GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS CONDUCTED A FLYOVER OF THE TIGER ISLAND FIRE IN BEAUREGARD PARISH ON TUESDAY. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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A company has bid $5.6 million to lease federal waters off the Louisiana coast for wind energy generation. Tuesday’s one-of-a-kind auction marked a modest start for wind energy in the Gulf of Mexico. Only one of three available tracts received bids Tuesday. The Biden administration said the tract covers more than 100,000 acres and could harness enough wind power to supply 435,000 homes.
A GOFUNDME PAGE HAS BEEN SET UP FOR A MAURICE MAN WHOSE MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED OVER THE WEEKEND BY A FIRE THAT WAS INTENTIONALLY SET. A PERSON HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE ARSONIST AND WAS ARRESTED. FIRE OFFICIALS SAYS THE HOMEOWNER AND THE ALLEGED ARSONIST KNEW EACH OTHER. THE VICTIM’S SISTER, SHANDRE SAINT JULIEN, TELLS KLFY TV THAT HER BROTHER IS TRYING TO GET BACK ON HIS FEET AND FIND A PLACE TO STAY AS WELL AS CLOTHES AND FURNITURE.
THE SCOTT FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS STARTED A SUPPLY DRIVE FOR ACADIANA FIREFIGHTERS WHO HAVE ANSWERED THE CALL TO HELP FIGHT WILDFIRES ACROSS THE STATE. THEY ARE ASKING FOR SUPPLIES THAT WILL HELP THE ACADIANA FIREFIGHTERS MANAGE THE INTENSE CONDITIONS THEY ARE CURRRENTLY FACING, ACCORDING TO A POST FROM THE DEPARTMENT ON FACEBOOK. THOSE ITEMS INCLUDE WATER, GATORADE, LIQUID I-V HYDRATION PACKETS, AND NON-PERISHABLE SNACKS. THE DONATIONS CAN BE DROPPED OFF THROUGH FRIDAY AT THE SCOTT FIRE STATION, LOCATED AT ONE TWENTY-NINE LIONS CLUB ROAD.
The second ranking House Republican says he has been diagnosed with blood cancer. Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana said Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma. The 57-year-old Scalise says he’ll continue to serve in the House as he undergoes treatment. He vowed to tackle the treatment with “strength and energy” and described the cancer as “very treatable.”
THE BODY OF A MISSING TEENAGER FROM VILLE PLATTE WAS FOUND LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD VONSHONSKEE CHARLES WAS REPORTED MISSING BY HIS FAMILY ON AUGUST TWENTY-FIRST. HIS BODY WAS FOUND JUST OUTSIDE OF VILLE PLATTE ON COLT AVENUE. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY INTO THE CAUSE OF HIS DEATH.
