1-20-17
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD WILL BE HOLDING FEWER MEETINGS BEGINNING NEXT MONTH. THE BOARD HAS AGREED TO HOLD ONE INSTEAD OF TWO MONTHLY MEETINGS, BUT THEY WILL SCHEDULE SPECIAL MEETINGS WHEN NECESSARY. ALSO, INSTEAD OF INTRODUCING ORDINANCES AT ONE MEETING AND WAITING TO THE NEXT FOR A FINAL VOTE, ORDINANCES WILL BE INTRODUCED AND VOTED ON THE SAME NIGHT. BOARD PRESIDENT DAWN MORRIS TOLD THE DAILY ADVERTISER THE CURRENT INTRODUCTION PHASE SLOWED DOWN THE WHOLE PROCESS AND THE NEW SYSTEM WILL BE MORE EFFICIENT.
FOUR PEOPLE, INCLUDING A ONE-YEAR-OLD BABY, WERE KILLED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION ON HIGHWAY 190 NEAR KINDER AT AROUND TEN A-M YESTERDAY. SERGEANT JAMES ANDERSON OF STATE POLICE TROOP D SAYS 23-YEAR-OLD TYLER BAMBURG OF MAMOU CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND COLLIDED WITH AN ONCOMING VEHICLE. BAMBURG WAS KILLED AND ALL THREE PEOPLE IN THE OTHER VEHICLE DIED…30-YEAR-OLD DERRICK WILLIAMS, 29-YEAR-OLD PORSHA WILLIAMS, AND ONE-YEAR-OLD PALAISHA WILLIAMS, ALL OF KINDER. STATE POLICE SUSPECT BAMBURG WAS IMPAIRED BUT ARE AWAITING THE RESULTS OF TOXICOLOGY SAMPLE TESTS.
A MAMOU WOMAN FACES MULTIPLE COUNTS OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AFTER THREE MINIATURE HORSES WERE FOUND DEAD ON HER PROPERTY. THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF LOUISIANA SAYS THE HORSES ALLEGEDLY DIED FROM NEGLECT AND STARVATION. ST. LANDRY ANIMAL CONTROL WAS CALLED IN BECAUSE EVANGELINE PARISH DOES NOT HAVE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS, AND TWO MINIATURE HORSES SEIZED FROM THE PROPERTY TO BE TREATED FOR MALNUTRITION, WHILE FOOD AND WATER WERE LEFT FOR A THIRD HORSE, WHO EVADED CAPTURE. THE DIRECTOR OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF LOUISIANA, JEFF DORSON, SAYS THEY ARE WORKING TO EDUCATE HORSE OWNERS ON THEIR LEGAL AND ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO PREVENT THOSE TYPES OF SITUATIONS.
TOMORROW THE LOUISIANA LIFE MARCH SOUTH TAKES PLACE IN BATON ROUGE TO PROTEST THE SUPREME COURT’S 1973 ROE V WADE DECISION, LEGALIZING ABORTION IN THE U-S. THE MARCH BEGINS AT TEN A-M AT GALVEZ PLAZA AND CONCLUDES AROUNG 10:45 NEAR THE STATE CAPITOL. THERE WILL BE SPEAKERS AFTER THE MARCH, INCLUDING STATE REPRESENTATVIE KATRINA JACKSON, WITH MUSIC PROVIDED BY THE BETHANY PRAISE BAND. A GROUP WILL BE MEETING IN LAFAYETTE AT EIGHT TOMORROW MORNING, NEAR THE VALERO AT THE NORTHGATE MALL PARKING LOT, TO CARAVAN OVER TO BATON ROUGE. IF YOU’D LIKE TO JOIN THEM, YOU’RE ADVISED TO BRING A RAIN SLICKER, AS RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST.
TUERLINGS HIGH SCHOOL HELD THEIR TENTH BIENNIAL PRO-LIFE RALLY YESTERDAY, JOINED BY SIX OTHER CATHOLIC SCHOOLS. EVENT COORDINATOR RAMEY BADEAUX TOLD KLFY TV THAT THEY STARTED THE RALLIES BECAUSE THEY COULDN’T ALWAYS GO TO WASHINGTON D-C TO ATTEND THE MARCH FOR LIFE. ONE OF THE GUEST SPEAKERS WAS THE BISHOP OF THE DIOCESE OF LAFAYETTE, J. DOUGLAS DESHOTEL. HE CALLED IT AN IMPORTANT MOVEMENT, SEEKING TO DEFEND AND STAND UP FOR THE DIGNITY OF HUMAN LIFE.
Federal regulators say a pipeline is leaking natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and the U.S. Coast Guard are responding to the leak, reported Wednesday, in waters roughly 30 miles southwest of Cameron. Federal authorities say the leak is less than a mile southeast of Platform West Cameron-165, currently shut, in about 48 feet of water. The sheen was last reported to be about 1 mile across and 10 miles long, and the operator estimated the spill volume to be roughly 750 gallons.
THE ST. MARY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS STILL INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF REYNELL LOCKETT RICHARD, WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND OFF OF HIGHWAY 90 NEAR THE BALDWIN CANAL ON DECEMBER 18TH, AND THE DISAPPEARANCE OF HER EX-HUSBAND, RUSSELL “RUSTY” RICHARD. FAMILY MEMBERS SAY THE TWO WERE LAST SEEN GOING CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. RUSSELL’S MOTHER, MARVE RICHARD OF BALDWIN, SAYS IT’S NERVE WRACKING FOR HER, NOT KNOWING IF HER SON IS DEAD OR ALIVE, OR IF HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REYNELL’S DEATH. KATC TV IS REPORTING THAT REYNELL HAS FILED POLICE REPORTS AGAINST RUSSELL FOR ALLEGED ABUSE IN THE PAST.
The health department says cuts proposed by the leader of Louisiana’s House Republicans could devastate programs for the poor and uninsured, the mentally ill and people with disabilities. Rep. Lance Harris offered his plan Thursday for closing Louisiana’s $304 million budget deficit, which would levy $147 million in cuts on the Department of Health. Health Department spokesman Bob Johannessen said the cuts would multiply with the loss of federal matching dollars to $423 million. Harris says the cuts could be spread among salaries, supplies, travel and other costs.
