9-19-22
IN LAFAYETTE, A TODDLER IS DEAD AND TWO PEOPLE ARE IN JAIL IN CONNECTION WITH THE CHILD’S DEATH. DANIELLE JOHNSON REPORTS.
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A FORMER MAYOR OF GRAND COTEAU PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK. MARY MURRAY DIED AT HER RESIDENCE MONDAY AT THE AGE OF NINETY-SIX. THE FUNERAL SERVICE IS PLANNED FOR THIS SATURDAY AT TEN-THIRTY AT SAINT CHARLES BORROMEO CATHOLIC CHURCH IN GRAND COTEAU.
A HATHAWAY MAN WAS KILLED IN A THREE-VEHICLE CRASH IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH AT AROUND NOON SATURDAY. THE DRIVER OF A BUCKET TRUCK TRIED TO DRIVE AROUND A VEHICLE THAT HAD STOPPED ON L-A TWENTY-SIX. THE DRIVER OF THE BUCKET TRUCK WENT INTO THE DRIVEWAY OF A DOLLAR GENERAL HITTING A CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY DRIVEN BY SEVENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD LARRY ANDREW DOUCETT. THE BUCKET TRUCK ENDED UP IN A DITCH ON TOP OF THE CHRYSLER, AND DOUCETT WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE AND HIS PASSENGER SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES.
Louisiana conservation groups are renewing calls for tougher regulations on the state’s least-regulated fishery after a fishing boat let loose huge numbers of dead fish off the state’s southwest coast. The Advocate reports that the dump of menhaden happened Sept. 8. The result was a rotting mass of dead fish that drew complaints from several charter boat captains. The dump of menhaden comes as conservation and recreational fishing groups worry that the menhaden fishery is taking food from other species like speckled trout and dolphins.
A MAN WHO WAS SHOT FRIDAY IN LAFAYETTE DIED IN THE HOSPITAL. THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD EMMANUEL BARNES WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES AT HIS RESIDENCE ON FITZGERALD DRIVE AND THEN HE RAN TO A NEARBY STORE, WHERE HE COLLAPSED. LAFAYETTE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD MALE SUSPECT. HE HAS BEEN BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER ON A CHARGE OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
A STUDENT AT PINE PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY FOR ALLEGEDLY MAKING A SCHOOL SHOOTING THREAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THE SCHOOL WAS PUT ON LOCKDOWN FRIDAY AS AUTHORITIES SEARCHED FOR THE STUDENT. NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD TYRINISKY FRUGE OF VILLE PLATTE WAS ARRESTED. HE WAS CHARGED WITH TERRORISM.
AN ALLIANCE WAS FORMED EARLIER THIS MONTH WHICH IS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT BIGGER BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS TO THE AREA. THE ALLIANCE INCLUDES THE TONY ROBICHEAUX SPORTS COMPLEX IN CROWLEY, THE YOUNGSVILLE SPORTS COMPLEX AND THE BROUSSARD SPORTS COMPLEX. THE DIRECTOR OF THE CROWLEY SPORTS COMPLEX, PETER KIRSCH, TELLS THE ADVOCATE THAT, INSTEAD OF COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER, THEY ARE WORKING TOGETHER SO MORE TEAMS WILL COME TO ACADIANA. JAMEY ABSHIRE OF THE BROUSSARD SPORT COMPLEX SAYS ITS ALLOWING EVERYONE TO BETTER UTILIZE THEIR TURF FIELDS.
MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS WERE ON HAND TO CLEAN UP GIRARD PARK IN LAFAYETTE ON SATURDAY. IT WAS THE KICKOFF OF THE PARISH PROUD “PARK PROUD” SERIES BEAUTIFICATION EVENTS. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BRIANNE HENDRICKS TELLS KATC TV ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THEY FIND ARE THE NUMBER OF CIGARETTE BUTTS, WHICH ARE A PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY TAKE ELEVEN YEARS TO BIODEGRADE. SHE URGED RESIDENTS TO CALL THREE-ONE-ONE WHEN THEY FIND LITTER SO THEY CAN KEEP THE COMMUNITY HEALTHY AND CLEAN.
