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9-15-22

A STUDENT AT COMEAUX HIGH SCHOOL ALLEGEDLY THREATENED TO SHOOT UP THE SCHOOL.  AN ANONYMOUS TIPSTER CALLED NINE-ONE-ONE SAYING A MALE STUDENT TOLD OTHER STUDENTS NOT TO ATTEND THURSDAY BECAUSE HE WAS GOING TO GO TO SCHOOL WITH A GUN WITH PLANS TO “SHOOT UP THE SCHOOL.”  OFFICERS FOUND THE SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD STUDENT AT HIS HOME WHERE HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.  HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE JUVENILE DETENTION HOME ON CHARGES OF TERRORIZING AND RESISTING ARREST.

 

SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF BOBBY GUIDROZ SAYS THE OWNER OF FIVE PIT BULLS, WHO ATTACKED A FIFTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD MAN, IS NOW CHARGED WITH NEGLIGENT INJURING.  SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.

 

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SECRETARY OF STATE KYLE ARDOIN IS REMINDING LOUISIANA RESIDENTS THAT THERE IS AN ELECTION TAKING PLACE NOVEMBER EIGHTH.  HE SAYS THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IS OCTOBER ELEVENTH BY MAIL OR OCTOBER EIGHTEENTH IF YOU’RE DOING SO ONLINE.  THIS DEADLINE INCLUDES THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE CHANGES TO THEIR REGISTRATION.  TO CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION STATUS, YOU CAN GO TO THE PARISH REGISTRAR OF VOTERS OFFICE OR CHECK ONLINE AT GEAUX VOTE-DOT-COM.  GEAUX IS SPELLED G-E-A-U-X.

 

TWO ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN LAKE CHARLES ARE CAUSING HEADACHES FOR MOTORISTS TRAVELING NORTH FROM THE SOUTH PART OF THE CITY.  THE PROJECTS INCLUDE WIDENING WEST PRIEN LAKE ROAD, WHILE IMPROVING DRAINAGE AND SEWAGE AND ADDING A SIDEWALK ON ONE SIDE AND A BIKE PATH ON THE OTHER.  THE INTERSECTION OF WEST SALE AND PRIEN LAKE ROADS IS EXPECTED TO BE CLOSED THROUGH DECEMBER, WEATHER PERMITTING.  POLICE CHIEF SHAWN CALDWELL IS URGING DRIVERS TO PLAN FOR DELAYS AND SAYS THEY ARE MONITORING FOR UNSAFE DRIVING PRACTICES.

 

LAST MONTH, THERE WERE A DOZEN BURGLARIES IN THE MCOMB-VEAZEY AREA OF LAFAYETTE AND, SO FAR THIS MONTH, THERE HAVE BEEN AN ARMED ROBBERY, TWO ASSAULTS, TWO BURGLARIES AND TWO VEHICLE THEFTS.  RESIDENTS FROM THE AREA MET WITH POLICE YESTERDAY TO LEARN HOW THEY CAN PROTECT THEMSELVES.  ONE THING THAT RESIDENTS SEEMED MOST EXCITED ABOUT WAS REGISTERING THEIR CAMERAS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SO THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE VIDEO.  ONE RESIDENT, JESSE BRADFORD, TOLD KLFY TV THEY ARE GOING TO GET MORE LIGHTING AND CAMERAS IN THE AREA AND REGISTER THOSE CAMERAS WITH POLICE.

 

A MAURICE WOMAN TURNED HERSELF IN TO LAFAYETTE POLICE AFTER ALLEGEDLY STRIKING AND KILLING A MAN ON AMBASSADOR CAFFERY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.  AT AROUND TWO-FIFTY-THREE THAT MORNING, THE BODY OF FIFTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD RODNEY JAMES DURAL WAS FOUND IN THE ROADWAY AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A VEHICLE.  KIMBERLY DICKINSON TURNED HERSELF INTO POLICE AFTER A WARRANT WAS ISSUED FOR HER ARREST.  SHE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FELONY HIT-AND-RUN AND DRIVING UNDER A SUSPENDED LICENSE.

 

THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY ANNOUNCED THAT FEMA HAS APPROVED A FORTY-EIGHT MILLION DOLLAR FLOOD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE PROJECT FOR LOUISIANA.  THE MONEY CAN BE USED TO REDUCE OR GET RID OF REPITITIVE FLOOD DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS INSURED BY THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM.  NINE PARISHES AND TWO CITIES WILL BE GETTING THE FUNDS.  THEY INCLUDE CALCASIEU PARISH, WHICH WILL GET NEARLY SIX MILLION DOLLARS, AND SAINT MARY PARISH, WHICH WILL RECEIVE NEARLY ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

 

POLICE IN AVOYELLES PARISH BELIEVE IMPAIRMENT WAS A FACTOR IN A CRASH TUESDAY AFTERNOON THAT TOOK THE LIFE OF A CHURCH POINT MAN.  THE DRIVER OF A PICKUP TRUCK, TRAVELING SOUTH ON L-A ONE, TURNED INTO A PRIVATE DRIVE, BUT IT PLACED HIS TRUCK IN THE DIRECT PATH OF A MOTORCYCLE DRIVEN BY SIXTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD AARON HEBERT OF CHURCH POINT.  HEBERT WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE, WHILE THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP, TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD JEFFERY GAGNARD OF MARKSVILLE, SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.  TOXICOLOGY SAMPLES WERE TAKEN AND SUBMITTED FOR ANALYSIS.