1-10-25
FLIGHTS BETWEEN LAFAYETTE AND DALLAS WERE CANCELLED YESTERDAY DUE TO THE WINTER WEATHER. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE DETAILS.
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THAT’S TV TEN’S GEORGE FAUST. FLIGHTS WERE ALSO CANCELLED BETWEEN LAKE CHARLES AND DALLAS YESTERDAY.
A CHURCH POINT MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR THE ALLEGED POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. AGENTS WITH THE LOUISIANA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ACTED ON A TIP FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN. THIRTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD JACOBY JAMAL RECARD FACES SIX COUNTS OF PORNOGRAPHY INVOLVING JUVENILES UNDER THE AGE OF THIRTEEN. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH JAIL BUT HIS BOND INFORMATION WAS NOT RELEASED.
THE HEAD OF THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY HAS COME UNDER HARSH CRITICISM AFTER THE DEPARTURE OF ONE EMPLOYEE AND THE TRANSFER OF ANOTHER TO A DIFFERENT AGENCY. THE WORKER WHO EXITED LAST MONTH DESCRIBED AURELIA GIACOMETTO’S (JACK OH METTIE) MANAGEMENT STYLE AS CRUEL, VINDICTIVE AND EVIL. GIACOMETTO DISMISSED THE COMMENTS AS A MISCHARACTERIZATION OF HER EFFORTS TO BRING MEANINGFUL, TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE TO THE AGENCY, ACCORDING TO THE ADVOCATE. GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY HAS BACKED HER AND DEFENDED HER LEADERSHIP.
THERE WAS ANOTHER HOUSE FIRE, THIS TIME IN LAKE CHARLES YESTERDAY. THE HOUSE IS LOCATED ON FALL AND COMMON STREETS. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDERWAY. IT’S BELIEVED IT WAS CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION.
MACY’S ANNOUNCED THURSDAY THEY ARE CLOSING SIXTY-SIX STORES NATIONWIDE. ONE OF THE STORES IS THE MACY’S IN THE ACADIANA MALL. THAT IS THE ONLY MACY’S STORE IN LOUISIANA THAT IS CLOSING. AN OFFICIAL CLOSING DATE HAS NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED.
THE LAST OF FIVE PEOPLE WANTED IN CONNECTION TO AN OPELOUSAS MURDER WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY YESTERDAY. EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD MARQUES MALIK SONNIER OF OPELOUSAS, WHO FACES A CHARGE OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER, TURNED HIMSELF IN TO AUTHORITIES. THE VICTIM IS TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD KENDRICK LEWIS, WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED DECEMBER TWENTY-EIGHTH ON HONEY LANE. MAJOR MARK LEBLANC WITH THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE INCIDENT WAS THE RESULT OF A SOCIAL MEDIA CONFLICT THAT WAS RESOLVED WITH FIREARMS.
GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY ELEVATED SCOTT BALLARD TO CHAIR THE L-S-U BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. BALLARD, WHO IS ONE OF THE OWNERS OF P-J’S COFFEE, HELPED RAISE SUBSTANTIAL FUNDS FOR LANDRY’S RACE FOR GOVERNOR. LANDRY ALSO NAMED RODERICK “RICO” ALVENDIA, A NEW ORLEANS TRIAL ATTORNEY, TO THE BOARD. HE REPLACES JIMMY WOODS, A NEW ORLEANS GARBAGE MAGNATE, WHO WAS APPOINTED BY FORMER GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS.
VILLE PLATTE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING TWO SHOOTINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST WEEK. THE FIRST HAPPENED LAST FRIDAY WHEN A MAN WAS SHOT IN THE LEG ON NORTH CHATAIGNIER STREET. HE WAS AIRLIFTED TO A LAFAYETTE HOSPITAL BUT HIS CONDITION HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. THE SECOND SHOOTING, WHICH HAPPENED WEDNESDAY NIGHT LED TO A HOME ON NORTH COREIL (COR ee uhl) STREET BEING DAMAGED BUT NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
