8-6-18
Monday, August 06, 2018
OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, ONLY RIGHT TURNS WILL BE ALLOWED ONTO VEROT SCHOOL ROAD BETWEEN AMBASSADOR CAFFERY AND FAILLA ROAD. HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED INTERSECTIONS AT WHICH LEFT TURNS CAN BE MADE ONTO OR OFF THE ROADWAY. TRAFFIC ALSO WON’T BE ALLOWED TO CROSS VEROT SCHOOL AT DIGBY ROAD. IT’S ALL PART OF THE VEROT SCHOOL WIDENING PROJECT, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY NEXT YEAR.
A WELCOME BACK PARTY WAS HELD IN LAKE CHARLES YESTERDAY FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD’S THIRD BATTALION, 156TH INFANTRY REGIMENT. THEY WERE RETURNING FROM A THREE WEEK LONG TRAINING SESSION AT CAMP SHELBY IN MISSISSIPPI. THE PURPOSE OF THE PARTY IS TO GIVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THE SERVICEMEN HOW MUCH THEY CARE. HOUSTON AND DOT FRUGE HOSTED THE PARTY FOR THE SIXTH YEAR IN A ROW AND TOLD KPLC TV THEY DON’T PLAN ON ENDING THE TRADITION ANY TIME SOON.
- MARTINVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF A 17-YEAR-OLD. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF LANDRY HAS COME OUT AGAINST A PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT WOULD REQUIRE UNANIMOUS JURY VERDICTS TO CONVICT SOMEONE OF A FELONY CRIME. CURRENTLY, LOUISIANA IS ONE OF TWO STATES THAT ALLOW FELONY CONVICTIONS ON A TEN-TO TWO JURY VOTE. LANDRY’S CHIEF DEPUTY, BILL STILES, SAYS LANDRY BELIEVES THE CURRENT LAW ALLOWS FOR A QUICKER AND EASIER ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. LOUISIANA VOTERS WILL DECIDE THE FATE OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT ON NOVEMBER SIXTH.
A NATIVE OF SCOTT WAS ONE OF TWO MEN KILLED IN A PLANE CRASH ON SATURDAY IN ALABAMA. BRADLEY JOHN LAFLEUR, WHO LIVED IN ORANGE BEACH, ALABAMA, WAS A GRADUATE OF ACADIANA HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS A PASSENGER IN THE SINGLE ENGINE PLANE THAT CRASHED IN A FIELD IN BALDWIN COUNTY, ALABAMA. WITNESSES SAY THE PLANE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP AN ADVERTISING BANNER WHEN IT CRASHED.
A MAN WAS ARRESTED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AFTER LEADING LAKE CHARLES POLICE ON A CHASE THROUGH WESTLAKE, SULPHUR AND INTO VINTON, WHERE HE CRASHED. 43-YEAR-OLD SHANE EARL HEXT REFUSED TO PULL OVER WHEN A POLICE OFFICER TRIED TO STOP HIM AT THE INTERSECTION OF ENTERPRISE BOULEVARD AND PRIEN LAKE ROAD AT AROUND 1:40 SATURDAY MORNING. HE EVENTUALLY CRASHED HIS VEHICLE ON STEWART ROAD IN VINTON, AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO FLEE ON FOOT, BUT WAS CAPTURED AND ARRESTED. HEXT HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED FLIGHT FROM AN OFFICER, RESISTING AN OFFICER WITH FORCE AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.
EUNICE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR SUSPECTS WHO FIRED SHOTS AT ONE ANOTHER AT THE RACEWAY GAS STATION ON WEST LAUREL LAST NIGHT. POLICE FIRST RECEIVED REPORTS OF SHOTS BEING FIRED AT A SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE EVENT. A MOTORCYCLIST SUFFERED NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE FLEEING FROM THE GAS STATION. POLICE CHIEF RANDY FONTENOT SAYS THEY’VE RECEIVED LEADS THAT INDICATE THE SHOOTERS MAY BE FROM BUNKIE AND NEW IBERIA.
STATE OFFICIALS ARE CONSIDERING EXTENDING CARE FOR FOSTER CHILDREN UNTIL THEY TURN 21 YEARS OF AGE. RECENTLY LAWMAKERS AGREED TO PAY FOR FOSTER CHILDREN UNTIL THEY GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL OR THEY REACH THE AGE OF 21, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. STATE OFFICIALS LAUNCHED WORK FRIDAY TO DESIGN A PROGRAM THAT WOULD EXTEND THE FOSTER CARE AGE. THEY SAID LOUISIANA SHOULD DO MORE TO CARE FOR ITS CHILDREN.
