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1-23-17

THE LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT IS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF A NEW OPEN DATA INITIATIVE, WHICH WOULD GIVE RESIDENTS MORE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ON GOVERNMENT COMPUTERS, ACCORDING TO THE ADVOCATE.  THE INITIATIVE BEGAN WHEN LAFAYETTE WAS AWARDED A GRANT FROM THE EPA TO INSTALL AIR QUALITY SENSORS THROUGHOUT THE CITY SO RESIDENTS CAN SEE IN REAL TIME WHAT THE AIR QUALITY IS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.  CITY PARISH PRESIDENT JOEL ROBIDEAUX SAYS THE GRANT WAS A MOMEMTUM BUILDER FOR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE CITY-OWNED FIBER OPTIC NETWORK TO PROVIDE EVEN MORE UP-TO-THE-MINUTE DATA FOR RESIDENTS.  HE SAYS PURSUING SMART CITY SOLUTIONS WILL HELP TRANSFORM HOW THE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT SERVES AND INTERACTS WITH CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES, WHICH IS CRITICAL TO ECONOMIC GROWTH.

 

DOZENS OF PRO-LIFE SUPPORTERS MARCHED TO THE CALCASIEU PARISH COURTHOUSE YESTERDAY AS PART OF THE NATIONAL MARCH FOR LIFE, ACCORDING TO KPLC TV.  NEW LIFE COUNSELING PARTNERED UP WITH LOCAL CHURCHES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO ORGANIZE THE MARCH, WHICH IS HELD IN PROTEST OF THE U-S SUPREME COURT’S ROE V WADE DECISION, LEGALIZING ABORTION 44 YEARS AGO.  IT BEGAN ON BORD DU LAC BEFORE ENDING AT THE COURTHOUSE STEPS, WHERE A CANDLELIGHT MEMORIAL PRAYER VIGIL WAS HELD.  THE MARCH FOR LIFE HAS BEEN HELD IN LAKE CHARLES FOR 21 YEARS.

 

A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP BY STATE POLICE ON I-TEN IN ACADIA PARISH WEDNESDAY MORNING RESULTED IN A MAJOR DRUG BUST.  POLICE BECAME SUSPICIOUS OF THE DRIVER AND A SEARCH LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF 46 POUNDS OF COCAINE IN THE VAN.  THE PASSENGER, 26-YEAR-OLD OCTAVIA FIELDS OF KATY, TEXAS, WAS BOOKED INTO THE ACADIA PARISH JAIL ON SEVEERAL CHARGES INCLUDING POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE COCAINE AND POSSESSION OF A FIREARM IN THE PRESENCE OF A CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE.  THE DRIVER, 24-YEAR-OLD CORRINE HOPSON OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, WAS CITED FOR DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE AND IMPROPER LANE USAGE.

 

Louisiana environmental groups are gearing up for round two in a battle against a proposed 163-mile oil pipeline that would stretch across south Louisiana from Lake Charles through the Atchafalaya Basin and east to St. James.  A public hearing last week for a required U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit drew more than 400 supporters and opponents. Many of the opponents gathered before the hearing and decried a project they fear will foul the state’s wetlands and water.

A second hearing is set Feb. 8 for a permit needed from the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources.

HAZMAT TEAMS WERE CALLED IN TO CONTAIN AN OIL SPILL COMING OUT OF A STORM DRAIN IN CARENCRO YESTERDAY MORNING.  THE SPILL WAS LOCATED NEAR COCKPIT AND GENDARME ROADS.  AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT A RESIDENT IN THE 100 BLOCK OF ARTISTA DRIVE DUMPED ABOUT TEN GALLONS OF OIL INTO A STORM DRAIN FROM AN OIL CHANGE HE WAS DOING ON HIS 18 WHEELER, ACCORDING TO A SPOKESPERSON FROM THE LAFAYETTE FIRE DEPARTMENT.  THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY WAS MADE AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND WILL INVESTIGATE FURTHER.

 

A SULPHUR MAN HAS DIED FROM HIS INJURIES SUFFERED IN A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING.  POLICE SAY OSCAR LIMON WAS TRAVELING ON ADAM STREET AT 11:54 SUNDAY MORNING, WHEN HE TURNED ON LEWIS STREET AND INTO THE PATH OF ANOTHER VEHICLE.  LIMON WAS TAKEN WEST CALCASIEU CAMERON HOSPITAL, WHERE HE LATER DIED.  THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER IN THE OTHER VEHICLE WERE TAKEN TO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.  STANDARD TOXICOLOGY TESTS ARE PENDING.

 

EUNICE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A MAN FOR THE ROBBERY OF A ST. LANDRY BANK BRANCH ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  POLICE CHIEF RANDY FONTENOT SAYS THE ROBBER RODE UP TO THE BANK ON A BIKE, WEARING GLOVES AND A PURPLE HOODIE, AND HE LEFT WITH AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF MONEY AND A RED DYE PACK.  FONTENOT SAYS THE ALLEGED ROBBER, 41-YEAR-OLD RANDY COURVILLE, WAS FOUND A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE BANK WITH RED DYE ON HIS HANDS.  INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE COURVILLE’S BIKE WAS MOVED OR STOLEN, SO HE HAD TO RUN ON FOOT WHEN HE LEFT THE BANK.

 

A grand jury has indicted the wife of a former prison warden on charges of theft of $25,000 or more, malfeasance and injuring public records.  Avoyelles Parish District Attorney Charles Riddle III tells The Advocate Tonia Cain was indicted Thursday.  She and her husband, Nate Cain, resigned their posts at Avoyelles Correctional Center in May amid a series of investigations into their actions at the prison, where Tonia Cain served as business manager.  The indictment grew out of a legislative audit that suggested she had ordered subordinates to shred records related to concession sales to hide that more than $30,000 that was missing.