11-25-15
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD IS CONSIDERING A PROPOSAL TO WORK OUT A DEAL WITH U-L SO ALL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAMS CAN HOLD THEIR GAMES AT CAJUN FIELD. MANY OF THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STADIUMS ARE IN NEED OF REPAIR, BUT THE COST OF BUILDING A NEW STADIUM SHARED BY ALL THE SCHOOLS WOULD BE AROUND 65 MILLION DOLLARS. RENTING OUT CAJUN FIELD WOULD COST ONE MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. ACCORDING TO THE DAILY ADVERTISER, THE BOARD WILL HAVE TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL SALES TAX TO FUND THE U-L PROPOSAL.
THE IDENTITY OF THE BICYCLIST KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT MONDAY NIGHT IN SULPHUR HAS BEEN RELEASED. 18-YEAR-OLD DILLON DASSINGER WAS HIT BY A MOTORIST WHILE RIDING IN THE 18-HUNDRED BLOCK OF SWISCO LANE AT AROUND 7 P-M. THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS DASSINGER WAS RIDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND DID NOT HAVE A TAILLIGHT ON HIS BICYCLE. HIS MOM, SUSAN, TELLS KPLC TV THAT SHE DID GIVE HER SON A FLASHLIGHT TO PUT ON THE BIKE AND SHE DID FIND IT AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT.
THERE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINTS REGISTERED IN SEVERAL SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA PARISHES ABOUT PEOPLE TRYING TO USE FAKE MONEY THAT IS USED AS MOVIE PROPS. TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED SO FAR INCLUDING 22-YEAR-OLD VANESHA AUGUST OF MORGAN CITY. SHE ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO MAKE CHANGE WITH THE MONEY TWO DAYS IN A ROW AT A BAR. MORGAN CITY POLICE SERGEANT RICK HARTLEY SAYS THE MONEY HAS “MOTION PICTURE USE ONLY” MARKED ON THE BILLS BUT INK HAS BEEN USED TO COVER THE NOTICE ON THE BILLS THEY’VE SEEN.
Ballots have gone out to state lawmakers, asking them to decide whether Louisiana should tap its “rainy day” fund to rebalance this year’s budget. Gov. Bobby Jindal is asking House and Senate members to use $28.2 million from the fund to help close a midyear deficit and keep public colleges from facing cuts. To use the Budget Stabilization Fund, as it’s officially known, requires support from two-thirds of lawmakers in both chambers. Lawmakers already agreed to the rest of the governor’s recommendations, though they acknowledged the rebalancing plan leaves hefty problems for Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards when he takes office in January.
FOURTEEN GENTLEMEN’S CLUBS IN LOUISIANA WERE CITED FOR PROSTITUTION AFTER A STING OPERATION CONDUCTED BY THE STATE OFFICE OF ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO CONTROL. INCLUDED AMONG THE FOURTEEN IS MICHAEL’S IN BROUSSARD, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS ON A CHARGE OF PROSTITUTION AND LEWD ACTS. A-T-C COMMISSIONER TROY HEBERT SAYS TWO CLUBS IN MORGAN CITY, JUDY’S LOUNGE AND TEMPTATIONS, WERE ORDERED TO STOP SELLING ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS DUE TO THE THREAT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY. AND A THIRD MORGAN CITY CLUB WAS ALSO CITED FOR PROSTITUTION AND TWO COUNTS OF CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES ON THE PREMISES. THREE CLUBS WERE CITED IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA; CLUB VIXEN IN LAKE CHARLES, TEMPTATIONS IN SULPHUR AND CLUB CABARET IN WESTLAKE.
A SMALL PLANE CRASHED NEAR THE SOUTHLAND FIELD AIRPORT IN SULPHUR. OFFICIALS WITH THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND SOUTHLAND FIELD CONFIRM THAT THE PLAN WAS BADLY DAMAGED WHILE LANDING. TWO MEN IN THE PLANE SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES, AND ONE WAS SENT TO THE HOSPITAL AS A PRECAUTION.
A teenager’s food drive will feed about 175 families this holiday season. The Advertiser reports 14-year-old Cortland Reed held his fifth-annual food drive and helped gather over 2,000 pounds of food for Opelousas Food Bank on Monday.
Reed says last year he reached his goal of 1,000 pounds and wanted to double his goal to 2,000 this year. Dana Reed, the food bank’s director, says Reed’s donation helped the food bank feed over half of their monthly quota.
