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AUTHORITIES ARE SEARCHING FOR A RUNAWAY JUVENILE IN IBERIA PARISH. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD AVA GUILBERT WHO WAS LAST SEEN SUNDAY MORNING AT ELEVEN AT AN APARTMENT IN THE FIVE HUNDRED BLOCK OF GRAND PRE BOULEVARD. GUILBERT IS BLACK, FIVE FEET EIGHT INCHES, ABOUT ONE HUNDRED TWENTY POUNDS AND WAS LAST SEEN WEARING DARK GREY PAJAMA BOTTOMS WITH A MATCHING SHIRT AND WHITE SHOES. ANYONE WHO KNOWS HER WHEREABOUTS IS URGED TO CONTACT THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
AN ARNAUDVILLE MAN CHARGED WITH FELONY HIT-AND-RUN LAST WEEK WAS A FORMER POLICE OFFICER WITH THE BREAUX BRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT. FIFTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD TRAVIS GUILLOT IS ACCUSED OF STRIKING AND KILLING THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD JASMINE LASALLE OF LAFAYETTE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND DRIVING AWAY FROM THE SCENE, LEAVING LASALLE IN THE ROADWAY. LASALLE HAD BEEN WALKING ALONG NORTH UNIVERSITY AVENUE NEAR MADELINE AVENUE. STATE TROOPERS TRACKED GUILLOT TO HIS HOME AND ARRESTED HIM.
GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY AND HIS SON WERE IN ARIZONA YESTERDAY FOR THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR CHARLIE KIRK. HE SAID IN A POST ON X THAT HE WAS HONORED TO BE IN PHOENIX TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF KIRK. HE CALLED IT A TURNING POINT AND TRUE REVIVAL IN OUR NATION. AFTER KIRK’S ASSASSINATION ON SEPTEMBER TENTH, GOVERNOR LANDRY ATTENDED A VIGIL AT L-S-U AND ORDERED FLAGS IN LOUISIANA FLOWN AT HALF-STAFF.
A MERRYVILLE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY CALLING IN A BOMB THREAT TO THE BEAUREGARD PARISH COURTHOUSE. THE CALL CAME ON THURSDAY AND FIRST RESPONDERS SHUT DOWN BUSINESSES AROUND THE COURTHOUSE IN DOWNTOWN DERIDDER BUT THEY WERE ALLOWED TO REOPEN AFTER A THOROUGH SEARCH FOUND NO THREAT. FORTY-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM ROSEBERRY WAS IDENTIFIED AS A SUSPECT AND ARRESTED THE SAME DAY. HE WAS CHARGED WITH TERRORIZING MENACING AND COMMUNICATING FALSE INFORMATION OF A PLANNED ARSON.
MEMBERS OF BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD WERE AT EATON PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO DISTRIBUTE NEW SHOES TO STUDENTS. NEARLY FOUR HUNDRED STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL WERE FITTED AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELECT THEIR OWN PAIR OF SHOES. MICHAEL TIPTON WITH LOUSIANA BLUE SAYS THEIR MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE WELLNESS AND WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE. HE SAYS MAKING SURE KIDS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO ATTEND SCHOOL IN A HEALTHY, HAPPY WAY IS CRITICAL TO THAT.
AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BROUSSARD HAS A NEW ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-THOUSAND-DOLLAR TRACK. THE FUNDING FOR THE TRACK AT MARTIAL BILLEAUD ELEMENTARY CAME THROUGH SCHOOL FUNDRAISERS AND MATCHING MONEY FROM THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM. IT WELCOMED ITS FIRST RUNNERS AND WALKERS LAST WEEK. IT’S THE FIRST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TRACK IN THE DISTRICT TO HAVE A SPORTS COATING.
CANADIAN TRAVELERS ARE SHOWING HESITATION TO TRAVEL TO LOUISIANA, ACCORDING TO LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BILLY NUNGESSER, AND HE SAID IT’S ATTRIBUTED TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. NUNGESSER SAYS HE ENCOUNTERED STRONG PUSHBACK WHILE ON A PROMOTIONAL TRIP TO CANADA OVER TRUMP’S SUGGESTION THAT CANADA COULD BECOME A FIFTY-FIRST STATE AND HIS CALLS FOR NEW TARIFFS. NUNGESSER SAYS HE DIDN’T REALIZE THE IMPACT OF THOSE COMMENTS UNTIL HE ARRIVED IN CANADA. HE SAYS IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE IF THE PRESIDENT WOULD ISSUE AN APOLOGY.
THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSMAN CLAY HIGGINS WILL BE IN ACADIA PARISH HOSTING AN OUTREACH CLINIC FOR VETARANS. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE DETAILS.
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