9-9-19
A CEREMONY WAS HELD IN PINEVILLE YESTERDAY FOR MORE THAN FIFTY NATIONAL GUARDSMEN WHO WILL BE DEPLOYED THIS WEEK TO AFGHANISTAN. THE SOLDIERS WILL BE AWAY FROM HOME FOR NEARLY ONE YEAR. IN AFGHANISTAN, THEY WILL BE PROVIDING AIR MOVEMENT SUPPORT AND MEDICAL EVACUATION SUPPORT TO GROUND TROOPS. THIS IS THE THIRD DEPLOYMENT SINCE 9/11 FOR THE LOUISIANA NATIONAL GUARD’S SECOND BATTALION, 238TH AVIATION REGIMENT.
THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS RELEASED THE NAME OF A MAN, WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND BEHIND A SHOPPING CENTER ON HIGHWAY 14 IN LAKE CHARLES LAST THURSDAY. THE VICTIM IS 40-YEAR-OLD TRACY R. BYRNE, WHO WAS HOMELESS AND NOT FROM LAKE CHARLES. DEPUTIES HAVE ARRESTED ANOTHER HOMELESS MAN, 36-YEAR-OLD LORENZO S. GREEN, AND HAVE CHARGED HIM WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER. THE CALCASIEU CORONER IS DOING AN AUTOPSY TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF DEATH.
- MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARRESTED ONE SUSPECT AND ARE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER IN CONNECTION WITH AN ARMED ROBBERY. GERALD GRUENIG REPORTS.
VOICER Q :42
Louisiana’s Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control has permitted 775 businesses to sell CBD products around the state. An agency spokesman says ATC has received more than 1,000 permit applications since lawmakers passed a regulatory structure for retailers to sell products containing CBD. Sellers must meet a lengthy list of requirements to get permits. Sales of beverages or food containing CBD are prohibited unless the FDA approves the substance for such use.
LAST WEEK, LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT JOEL ROBIDEAUX ISSUED TWO PROCLAMATIONS. HE DECLARED SEPTEMBER AS INFANT MORTALITY MONTH AND THIS WEEK AS NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION WEEK. MARIE COLLINS OF THE FAMILY TREE INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND COUNSELING CENTER IN LAFAYETTE ACCEPTED THE PROCLAMATIONS AND THANKED ROBIDAUX FOR HIS SUPPORT OF THE INITIATIVES. THE FAMILY TREE HAS BEEN SEEKING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF INFANT DEATHS AND SUICIDES IN LAFAYETTE AND THE SURROUNDING REGION.
LAKE CHARLES RESIDENTS WHO LIVE NEAR THE CONTRABAND BAYOU NOTICED THE WATERS TURN BLACK EARLIER LAST WEEK. IT TURNS OUT THE CACTUS DRIVE LIFT STATION WAS VANDALIZED CAUSING A POWER SHUTDOWN AND RESULTING IN AN OVERFLOW INTO THE NEARBY BAYOU. KEVIN NATALI FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY SAYS WASTEWATER AND SEWAGE LEAKED INTO THE BAYOU, BUT NOTHING SOLID. FIRE HYDRANTS IN THE AREA WERE USED TO HELP BREAK DOWN WHAT LEAKED INTO THE WATER AND BY FRIDAY THE WATER RETURNED TO LOOKING NORMAL.
THE ST. LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN IDENTIFYING A BODY THAT WAS FOUND IN THE BEGGS AREA, TWO-AND-A-HALF MILES FROM WASHINGTON. A PERSON WALKING ALONG HIGHWAY TEN FOUND THE DECOMPOSING BODY OF A BLACK FEMALE, WHO APPEARED TO BE IN HER EARLY TO MID-TWENTIES WITH BRAIDS AND WHO WAS AROUND FIVE FEET SIX INCHES TALL AND 110 TO 115 POUNDS. THAT SAME PERSON WHO FOUND THE BODY SAID THEY WALKED THAT SAME AREA TWO DAYS PREVIOUSLY AND THE BODY WASN’T THERE. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT ST. LANDRY CRIME STOPPERS AT 948-TIPS.
Louisiana’s Supreme Court is easing some secrecy rules regarding disciplinary proceedings against state judges. The court Friday announced rule changes that will allow those who file complaints against judges, who are the subject of complaints and witnesses in the cases, to publicly discuss the proceedings once a hearing is set or the case is closed following an investigation. The release says the rule change was approved unanimously by the seven-member court after extensive study. The move follows a series of reports on the secrecy rules by The Advocate .
