🌱 City Approves Rezoning For Housing + Man Charged With Murder

Hello. It's me, Danielle Fallon-O'Leary, your host of the Lafayette Patch newsletter — here to impart everything that's fit to print about what's happening locally.

But first, your local weather:

• Saturday: Partly sunny and pleasant. High: 74 Low: 53.
• Sunday: Sunny and pleasant. High: 80 Low: 55.

Here are the top three stories in Lafayette today:

1. The Lafayette City Council approved two rezoning requests for housing projects aimed at addressing different housing concerns in the area. The first project, Snowy Owl Commons Development, focuses on affordable housing for elderly individuals, consisting of 25 duplexes with two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartments and amenities. The second project, Third Street Development, plans to construct traditional single-family homes and row-style townhomes on a 2.88-acre plot to accommodate the uneven terrain and elevation change in the area. (Journal & Courier)
2. A dog belonging to a man on home detention attacked a Tippecanoe County Community Correction officer on Thursday, resulting in the officer shooting the dog. The incident occurred during a check on Tristan Ray Sammons, 26, at his apartment in Lafayette. The dog was wounded but not seriously injured, and Sammons was subsequently arrested for suspicion of violating his home detention. (Journal & Courier)
3. Montrell Dionte Jolly, a 33-year-old man from Lafayette, is facing a murder charge in connection with the death of 4-year-old Ke'andre Jolly. The incident occurred on Jul. 28 when police responded to an unresponsive child report, and Ke'andre later died at Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis. An autopsy revealed the preliminary cause of death as blunt force trauma to the head, and Montrell claimed he disciplined Ke'andre with wall sits for putting his shoes on the wrong feet and later found the child unresponsive with blood in his mouth. (WTHR)

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Today and tomorrow in and around Lafayette:

Saturday, September 9

• Starry Night Music And Art Festival At Northwestern Avenue, West Lafayette (7:00 PM)

Sunday, September 10

• Casino Game Night Charity Event At Big League Sports Bar & Grill (12:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Are you looking for a new family member with four paws? Check out the list of adoption-ready pets in the Lafayette area at the link! (Lafayette Patch)
• The WABOO Music Festival will be held today, Sep. 9, from 2:00-7:30 p.m. at 615 North 18th St. The event will feature live music performances by local musicians along with food, beverages, crafts, and games to celebrate connection and support the work of NAMI-WCI and Willowstone Family Services in strengthening mental health through connection during Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month. (Eventbrite)
• Cason Family Park held a groundbreaking on Sep. 8 in West Lafayette and is expected to open in 2025. (WLFI)

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You're officially in the loop for today. See you all soon for another update!

— Danielle Fallon-O'Leary

About me: Danielle Fallon-O’Leary is a content manager with content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and assists Patch.com with community newsletter curation. Danielle also holds a Master’s Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders and works part-time as a pediatric speech therapist.