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A WEST MONROE MAN, WHO ALLEGEDLY KILLED A NEW IBERIA WOMAN BEFORE DECAPITATING AND DISMEMBERING HER BODY, HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS. OUACHITA PARISH AUTHORITIES DETERMINED TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY HOLLAND JUNIOR DOES NOT HAVE THE MENTAL CAPACITY TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST HIM. AUTHORITIES OF THE EASTERN LOUISIANA MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM WILL INFORM THE COURT WHEN HOLLAND CAN COMPREHEND THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST HIM AND ASSIST IN HIS DEFENSE. THE PARTIAL REMAINS OF NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD SHERYL TURNER WERE FOUND IN JANUARY OF LAST YEAR IN THE OUACHITA RIVER IN CATAHOULA PARISH BY A LOCAL BOATER.
THE CITY OF CARENCRO HAS RECEIVED FIVE BIDS TO CONSTRUCT A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. THE BIDS RANGED FROM FORTY-TWO-POINT-SEVEN TO FORTY-NINE-POINT-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS. MAYOR GLENN BRASSEAUX SAYS THE COUNCIL WILL DECIDE WHICH BID TO ACCEPT. CONSTRUCTION ON THE NEW PLANT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND TAKE TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.
JENNINGS POLICE HAVE RELEASED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY FIRED MULTIPLE SHOTS AT A HOME ON WILBERT D. ROCHELLE AVENUE ON TUESDAY. POLICE SAY JOMARICK SELLERS GOT INTO AN ALTERCATION WITH ONE OF THE OCCUPANTS OF THE HOME EARLIER IN THE DAY AND BRANDISHED A FIREARM. WHEN POLICE ATTEMPED TO CONDUCT A TRAFFIC STOP, SELLERS SPED AWAY REACHING SPEEDS OF OVER ONE HUNDRED FORTY MILES AN HOUR BEFORE CRASHING IN A FIELD NEAR EGAN. DURING A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE, OFFICERS FOUND MULTIPLE PACKAGES OF SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA AND A SCALE.
THIS WEEKEND, HUNTERS ACROSS LOUISIANA CAN GET A TAX BREAK DURING THE SECOND AMENDMENT WEEKEND TAX BREAK HOLIDAY. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE DETAILS.
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THE VERMILLION PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS COLLABORATING WITH FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUDGES TO CRACK DOWN ON EXCESSIVE SPEEDING. ANYONE GOING MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE MILES AN HOUR OVER THE SPEED LIMIT WILL HAVE THEIR DRIVER’S LICENSE CONFISCATED AND MUST APPEAR IN COURT. THOSE GOING AT LEAST THIRTY-FIVE MILES AN HOUR OVER THE LIMIT FACE ARREST. SHERIFF EDDIE LANGLINAIS SAYS THERE’S BEEN A RISE IN SPEEDING IN THE PARISH WITH SOME DRIVERS REACHING SPEEDS OF OVER ONE HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR.
LATE LAST NIGHT, NEW INFORMATION CAME OUT ABOUT U-L QUARTERBACK WALKER HOWARD. HERE’S GEORGE FAUST.
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THE ACADIANA CENTER FOR THE ARTS IS PARTNERING WITH THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH SCHOOL BOARD TO BRING NEW ART OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS IN THE PARISH. THE PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO INTEGRATE MUSIC, DANCE AND THEATRE INTO THE CURRICULUM FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE STUDENTS. THERE’S ALSO A PROGRAM THAT TRAINS PRACTICING PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS TO WORK WITH CHILDREN. SAINT MARTIN PARISH IS THE FOURTH DISTRICT TO JOIN THE INITIATIVE FOLLOWING LAFAYETTE, SAINT LANDRY AND VERMILLION PARISHES.
TWO PEOPLE AT W-W LEWIS MIDDLE SCHOOL IN SULPHUR CAME TO THE AID OF A GREAT HORNED OWL. THE BIRD GOT ENTANGLED IN A SOCCER GOAL NET. VIDEO OF THE RESCUE WAS POSTED ON THE SCHOOL’S FACEBOOK PAGE AND IT INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING CAPTION, “MISTER CALDWELL AND OFFICER PETE DOING MORE IMPORTANT WORK TODAY!” THE TWO USED A TOTE BAG TO HOLD THE OWL AND A PAIR OF SCISSORS TO FREE IT.
