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9-27-21

ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER A SHOOTING HAPPENED OVERNIGHT IN THE TRUMAN NEIGHBORHOOD OF LAFAYETTE.  SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.

 

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THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF FORTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD NICOLE HAMILTON GATHERED YESTERDAY AT THE SITE ALONG MILLS HIGHWAY IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH WHERE HER BODY WAS FOUND ON AUGUST THIRTIETH.  THEY RELEASED RED, WHITE AND SILVER BALLOONS IN HER MEMORY.  THE FAMILY IS WANTING ANSWERS AND JUSTICE FOR NICOLE, WHO WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES.  THEY ARE OFFERING A THREE THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD FOR ANYONE WHO COMES FORWARD WITH INFORMATION THAT LEADS TO AN ARREST.

 

The man in charge of a southwest Louisiana nonprofit for developmentally disabled people is retiring after decades. The American Press reports that the Beauregard Arc is looking for a new director to replace Jackie Hickman. Hickman is retiring at the end of the year. He has worked for the organization for 39 years, including 23 as its director.

 

Deer hunters across Louisiana can qualify for a $1,000 drawing by having the head of a mature white-tailed buck tested for a slow, fatal illness called chronic wasting disease. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says taxidermists in the state can do the same for a chance in a $500 drawing — with permission from the hunter who shot the buck. Chronic wasting disease is always fatal in deer, but symptoms can take 16 months to four years to develop. It has not yet been found in Louisiana but has shown up in all three neighboring states — Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi.

 

A BLOOD DRIVE IS BEING HELD TODAY AT SCOTT CITY HALL FOR A BROUSSARD FIRE FIGHTER.  TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD ALEX BOURQUE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH BONE CANCER.  BLOOD DRIVES HAVE BEEN HELD PREVIOUSLY TO HELP OFFSET THE FAMILY’S MEDICAL EXPENSES.  TODAY’S BLOOD DRIVE AT SCOTT CITY HALL IS FROM TEN A-M TO TWO P-M.

 

RAYNE POLICE ARRESTED A WOMAN ON CHARGES OF FELONY CARNAL KNOWLEDGE OF A JUVENILE.  FORTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD APRIL ROMINE IS ACCUSED OF HAVING AN INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP WITH A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY OVER SEVERAL MONTHS.  SHE WAS BOOKED INTO THE ACADIA PARISH JAIL ON FOUR COUNTS OF CARNAL KNOWLEDGE.  HER BOND WAS SET AT THIRTY-THOUSAND DOLLARS.

 

A THIRTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES RECEIVED A CALL SHORTLY AFTER NOON AND WENT TO THE SIX HUNDRED BLOCK OF MARGINY CIRCLE.  THEY FOUND DEVON JOHNSON UNRESPONSIVE AND SUFFERING FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND.  HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE LATER DIED, ACCORDING TO SHERIFF’S OFFICE SPOKESPERSON VALERIE PONSETTI.

 

Louisiana’s governor will give a speech about ethics to a university audience. Louisiana Tech says Gov. John Bel Edwards’ speech will be carried live on Zoom at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. He will be the 15th speaker in the William Ardis Marbury, Jr. and Virginia Lomax Marbury Lecture Series. People who want the Zoom link can register online at https://tinyurl.com/MarburyEthics21.