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A Lafayette man, who says he dumped the body of an overdose victim in the trash, has been sentenced to 10 years of hard labor. Malik Davis pleaded guilty last week to obstructing justice in the death of 18-year-old Jacquelyn “Daisy Lynn” Landry, who disappeared in May 2017. Her body hasn’t been found. Davis testified that Landry was hanging out with him and several others when she overdosed, so he dumped her body in a trash can to be taken to a landfill.
RESIDENTS OF OAKDALE YESTERDAY TOURED THE NEWLY RENOVATED OAKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IN MAY OF 2017, A MASSIVE FIRE DESTROYED A PORTION OF THE BUILDING, BUT IT WILL REOPEN FOR CLASSES BEGINNING THIS FRIDAY. A DISPLAY WAS PUT UP TO HONOR THE FIREFIGHTERS WHO HELPED BATTLE THE BLAZE, AND FIREFIGHTERS RAISED THE AMERICAN FLAG IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL DURING THE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY. THE MOTTO FOR THE SCHOOL THIS YEAR IS “OKES STRONGER THAN EVER.”
THREE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED AFTER A TWO-YEAR-OLD WAS ALLEGEDLY LEFT ALONE INSIDE OF A VEHICLE AT A ST. LANDRY PARISH TRUCK STOP CASINO. MEGAN KELLY REPORTS.
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Louisiana is becoming the first Deep South state to dispense medical marijuana, four years after state lawmakers agreed to give patients access to therapeutic cannabis. GB Sciences, one of two state-sanctioned growers, will begin shipping out the product to Louisiana’s registered dispensaries this morning. Several of the state’s nine medical marijuana pharmacies expect to open today. Louisiana joins more than 30 other states that allow medical marijuana in some form.
THE PARENT COMPANY OF THE DAILY ADVERTISER AND THE OPELOUSAS WORLD IS BEING BOUGHT BY GATEHOUSE MEDIA. GATEHOUSE HAS PURCHASED THE GANNETT COMPANY STOCK FOR ABOUT ONE-POINT-4 BILLION DOLLARS. THE NEW COMBINED COMPANY WILL OWN MORE THAN 260 DAILY NEWSPAPERS AND MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED WEEKLY PAPERS, MAKING IT THE LARGEST NEWSPAPER COMPANY IN THE U-S. THE COMPANIES SAY THE MOVE WILL RESULT IN THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN ANNUAL COST SAVINGS AND HELP THEM SPEED UP DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION.
THE LAKE CHARLES POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HOSTING A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT COMMUNITY EVENT TONIGHT AT SIX AT THE LAKE CHARLES CIVIC CENTER. IT’S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH OFFICERS, SEE DEMONSTRATIONS, PLUS THERE’S A KID ZONE, FREE SNACKS AND DRINKS AND GIVEAWAYS. THE IOWA POLICE ARE HOSTING THEIR EVENT AT THE IOWA CITY PARK AT SIX. THE SULPHUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AT THE WEST CAL ARENA TONIGHT FEATURES AN APPEARANCE BY UNCLE SI FROM DUCK DYNASTY.
A MAN, WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND SATURDAY AFTERNOON SOUTH OF CROWLEY, HAD BEEN SHOT TO DEATH, ACCORDING TO THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE. CROWLEY POLICE SUSPECTED FOUL PLAY ON FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN THEY FOUND EVIDENCE IN A VEHICLE BELONGING TO 40-YEAR-OLD TIM BREAUX, WHICH HAD BEEN ABANDONED AT A CEMETERY IN WEST CROWLEY. BREAUX’S BODY WAS FOUND ALONG WILDER ROAD SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION ABOUT BREAUX’S DEATH IS URGED TO CALL CRIMESTOPPERS OF ACADIA PARISH AT 789-TIPS.
QUALIFYING FOR THE GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION BEGINS TODAY. CANDIDATES FOR STATE AND LOCAL OFFICES HAVE UNTIL THIS THURSDAY TO QUALIFY FOR THE ELECTION. THE PRIMARY ELECTION IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER TWELFTH WITH THE GENERAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 16TH. THE GOVERNOR’S RACE WILL BE AT THE TOP OF THE BALLOT AS WELL AS ALL STATEWIDE OFFICES. STATE SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES ARE ALSO UP FOR ELECTION.
