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• Guillory & Cravins Sr. Sling Mud in Heated Debate Play Video

  November 7, 2011 11:24 PM

  Senator Elbert Guillory and Opelousas Mayor Don Cravins, Sr. are battling it out for the District 24 Senate seat. The two engaged in a heated debate at UL Monday, moderated by the university's chapter of Society of Professional Journalists. The gloves are off and it's Louisiana politics in full... more »

• Jury selection begins Guillory's murder trial

  September 19, 2011 7:44 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Jury selection is set to begin in the second-degree murder trial of suspected serial killer Jeffery Lee Guillory. Prosecutors and defense attorneys will start picking a jury Monday afternoon. The 45-year-old Guillory is charged in the strangulation of 46-year-old Renee Newman of Baton Rouge. Guillory... more »

• Incumbents Missing from Live Debates Play Video

  September 15, 2011 11:27 PM

  Political debates have now become the topic of debate in Acadiana, as two incumbents so far haven't attended the events at Acadiana Open Channel, put on by Acadiana Progressives and the Lafayette Parish Democratic Executive Committee. Incumbent State Representative Ricky Hardy (D-Lafayette) was expected to attend the first night... more »

• Top officials at Lafayette Housing Authority quit

  October 25, 2010 4:37 PM

  Two top officials at the Lafayette Housing Authority have quit less than a week after the agency was mandated to get federal approval for all spending. Executive Director Walter Guillory and Deputy Director Jonathan Carmouche left their posts Monday. Last week, the Department of Housing and Urban Development said the... more »

• Walter Guillory Resigns From Housing Authority

  October 25, 2010 10:39 AM

  The head of the Lafayette Housing Authority has stepped down. According to workers at the Housing Authority, Walter Guillory and Johnathon Carmouche, assistant director, resigned this morning, effective immediately. We'll continue to follow this story and bring you more, later in the day. --------------------------------------------- From August 18, 2010... more »

• LHA Assistant Director driving under suspended license Play Video

  August 31, 2010 7:19 PM

  More controversy swirling around the Lafayette Housing Authority. KATC learned the Assistant Director has been driving a government vehicle with a suspended license. This is the latest in a series of stories KATC has uncovered since an audit found more than $400,000 of mishandled funds. Here's a short history: Auditors... more »

• Protesters Call for Durel's Resignation

  August 30, 2010 1:55 PM

  KATC has just left a press conference where protesters are calling for the resignation of Parish President Joey Durel. The group was speaking in support of the Lafayette Housing Authority and board members who were recently let go. They say Durel's decision to replace a majority of the board was... more »

• Last Victim of Jeff Davis 8 Vanished One Year Ago

  August 16, 2010 4:37 PM

  It has been one year since Necole Guillory was last seen. The 26 year old Jennings woman's body was discovered a few days later off I-10 near Egan in Acadia Parish. A grass cutting crew found her body just fifty feet off the westbound lanes of Interstate 10 on August... more »

• Judge Maintains Guillory's 50 Years Sentence

  June 22, 2010 9:15 AM

  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Accused serial killer Jeffery Lee Guillory's attempt to get his sentence reduced in an unrelated case has been denied. State District Judge Edwin Rubin on Monday upheld his original sentence of 50 years at hard labor without benefit of probation or parole for Guillory for the... more »

• Alleged serial killer Jeffery Lee Guillory pleads innocent

  June 16, 2010 5:13 PM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Alleged serial killer Jeffery Lee Guillory has pleaded innocent to a second-degree murder charge in the 2002 strangulation of a 46-year-old Baton Rouge woman. The Advocate reports that Guillory appeared Wednesday before state District Judge Tony Marabella, wearing shackles and a light blue prison jumpsuit.... more »

• Alleged serial killer Jeffery Lee Guillory pleads innocent

  June 16, 2010 5:13 PM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Alleged serial killer Jeffery Lee Guillory has pleaded innocent to a second-degree murder charge in the 2002 strangulation of a 46-year-old Baton Rouge woman. The Advocate reports that Guillory appeared Wednesday before state District Judge Tony Marabella, wearing shackles and a light blue prison jumpsuit.... more »

• Alleged Serial Killer Jeffery Lee Guillory Indicted

  May 26, 2010 4:46 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Alleged serial killer Jeffery Lee Guillory has been indicted in the 2002 strangulation of a 46-year-old Baton Rouge woman. Police arrested Guillory in December in the slayings of three women in Baton Rouge between 1999 and 2002. An East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury on Wednesday... more »

• Reduced Sentence Sought for Guillory

  April 23, 2010 11:08 AM

  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - A man suspected in the slayings of three women in Baton Rouge is asking a judge to reduce the 50-year sentence he received last month in the attack of a Lafayette woman. Jeffery Lee Guillory's attorney argues that the 50-year-term the maximum allowed for the crime... more »

• Wanted Sex Offenders Sought in St. Mary Parish

  March 29, 2010 11:51 AM

  Sheriff David a. Naquin advises that the St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office is currently looking for the following suspects, who have warrants for offenses in regard to Compliance Violations for Unregistered Sex Offenders as well as Failure to notify law enforcement of change of address. If anyone knows the whereabouts... more »

• Guillory Sentenced to 50 Years

  March 15, 2010 12:45 PM

  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Jeffery Lee Guillory has been sentenced to 50 years hard labor without the benefit of parole or pardon for the attempted second-degree murder in 2007 of Johnnie Rose Martinez of Lafayette. Guillory was also sentenced Monday to 40 years on a... more »

• Defense For Jeffrey Lee Guillory Motions For New Trial

  March 11, 2010 12:07 PM

  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Jeffery Lee Guillory is asking for a new trial following his conviction on charges of attempted second-degree murder and second-degree robbery. A jury convicted Guillory Friday in the December 2007 attack on a Lafayette woman. He has been in jail since his January 2008 arrest in... more »

• UPDATE: Guillory Sentencing Delayed Until Monday

  March 10, 2010 1:23 PM

  Sentencing for Jeffrey Lee Guillory has been rescheduled for Monday, March 15th at 10:30 AM. The sentencing was delayed because of a 3-day statute, meaning he couldn't be legally sentenced until Thursday. Both the prosecution and defense agreed on the move to Monday. The prosecution has indicated that they... more »

• Jeffery Lee Guillory trial to begin March 2

  February 24, 2010 8:10 AM

  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Suspected serial killer Jeffery Lee Guillory is set to stand trial March 2 for an alleged attack on a Lafayette woman in 2007. The 43-year-old Guillory was arrested in December in the deaths of three women in Baton Rouge between 1999 and 2002. Guillory will first... more »

• Baton Rouge Serial Killer Update Play Video

  December 17, 2009 7:44 PM

  Local, state and federal officials held a news conference in Baton Rouge Thursday to reveal more information regarding the arrest of 43-year-old Jeffery Lee Guillory. Officials say Guillory is a serial killer, and is responsible for the deaths of three women from Baton Rouge. "We have him, that's a great... more »

• Autopsy reveals Leblanc's death to be overdose

  October 26, 2009 2:48 PM

  On August 3rd, 2009, the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office received a complaint of a suspicious vehicle located on Hwy 743 in the Opelousas, LA area. When deputies arrived, the vehicle was identified by officers as one being connected to a reported missing person from Alexandria, LA. Upon investigating the... more »