9-18-17
A YOUNGSVILLE WOMAN, WHO WAS A PASSENGER ON A MOTORCYCLE, WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT SATURDAY EVENING ON HIGHWAY 90 NEAR THE ST. MARTIN AND IBERIA PARISH LINE. ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE, THE DRIVER OF THE MOTORCYCLE, 46-YEAR-OLD LARRY BOURQUE, FAILED TO NEGOTIATE A CURVE AND WENT INTO THE MEDIAN, STRIKING A SIGN. BOURQUE AND HIS PASSENGER, 45-YEAR-OLD RUIELLA CARRIERE, WERE EJECTED AND SUFFERED, WHAT WERE CONSIDERED, MODERATE INJURIES. BUT AT ABOUT ELEVEN P-M THAT NIGHT, TROOPERS WERE NOTIFIED CARRIERE DIED FROM HER INJURIES.
A BICYCLIST WAS KILLED IN A HIT-AND-RUN IN THE 41-HUNDRED BLOCK OF RYAN STREET IN LAKE CHARLES FRIDAY NIGHT. WITNESSES TOLD POLICE THEY SAW THE BICYCLIST LYING ON THE SIDEWALK NEXT TO HIS BIKE AND, WHAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE, A CHEVROLET S-U-V SPEEDING SOUTH ON RYAN STREET AWAY FROM THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT. LAKE CHARLES POLICE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND THE SUSPECT VEHICLE AND THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. 55-YEAR-OLD WILFRED SUIRE IS THE BICYCLIST WHO WAS KILLED.
A KIDNAPPING SUSPECT FROM MISSISSIPPI WAS ARRESTED ON THE MIRE HIGHWAY IN ACADIA PARISH SATURDAY EVENING. AN OFF DUTY POLICE OFFICER NOTIFIED DUSON POLICE OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY IN A CAR, AND OFFICERS PULLED OVER THE VEHICLE. DURING THE TRAFFIC STOP, THE OFFICERS DISCOVERED THAT THE PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE, 58-YEAR-OLD LARRY ALLEN MCDONALD, HAD BEEN WANTED IN HANCOCK COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI SINCE APRIL FOR KIDNAPPING AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE ACADIA PARISH JAIL AND IS AWAITING AN EXTRADITION HEARING.
The number of Louisiana residents covered by health insurance edged up last year, according to new U.S. Census data tracking state uninsured rates. The data show that 10.3 percent of Louisiana residents were uninsured in 2016, a drop from 11.9 percent the previous year. Louisiana’s uninsured rate remains higher than the national average of 8.6 percent, but it’s down significantly from four years ago, when 16.6 percent of residents had no insurance coverage in 2013. The most recent drop in Louisiana’s percentage of people without health insurance coverage comes after Gov. John Bel Edwards expanded Louisiana’s Medicaid program to offer government-financed health insurance to more than 434,000 low-income adults.
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT THAT SENT FOUR PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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A CALCASIEU PARISH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER WENT ON A RANT AGAINST HIS FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AND THE ADMINISTRATION AT RESOURCE MEETING AT JOHN F. KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON FRIDAY. ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN PRESS, BOARD MEMBER WAYNE WILLIAMS SAID THE SCHOOL BOARD WANTS TO KEEP BLACK CHILDREN DOWN AND DISRUPT THEIR ATTEMPTS TO SUCCEED. HE ALSO URGED TAXPAYERS IN DISTRICT 33 TO VOTE AGAINST A 50-POINT-8 MILLION DOLLAR BOND PROPOSAL THAT’S ON THE NOVEMBER 18TH BALLOT BECAUSE, HE SAYS, THE SCHOOL BOARD IS LYING TO EDUCATORS AND PARENTS. HE SAYS THE SCHOOL BOARD IS INVESTING MOST OF THE MONEY IT GETS IN SOUTH LAKE CHARLES BECAUSE THAT’S WHERE MOST OF THE GROWTH IS HAPPENING.
THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS THAT IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF LOUIS ACKAL IS SUPPORTING A HALF CENT SALES TAX THAT WOULD HELP FUND THE RESURRECTION OF THE NEW IBERIA POLICE DEPARTMENT. ACKAL TALKED TO KATC TV TO CLEAR UP THE MATTER. HE SAYS HE HAS NEVER SUPPORTED A TAX INCREASE. HOWEVER, HE IS IN FAVOR OF BRINGING BACK THE NEW IBERIA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Louisiana is getting $6.9 million from EpiPen maker Mylan as part of a national settlement. Attorney General Jeff Landry announced the state’s share of the $465 million federal agreement completed in August that settled allegations it overbilled Medicaid programs for its emergency allergy injectors for nearly a decade. Landry called it Medicaid fraud. In a statement, he said people and companies that “deceive the hard-working taxpayers of Louisiana should be held accountable for their actions.”
