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88 JOBS WILL BE COMING TO IBERIA PARISH. LOUISIANA MACHINEREY COMPANY, KNOWN AS LOUISIANA CAT, WILL ADD 60 NEW JOBS AND EXPAND IT OPERATIONS IN NEW IBERIA. AN ADDITIONAL 28 NEW INDIRECT JOBS IS ESTIMATED TO BE CREATED AS WELL. ATMOS ENERGY WILL INSTALL A 8 INCH NATURAL GAS PIPELINE TO THE PORT TO MAKE THE EXPANSION POSSIBLE. THE PIPELINE LATERAL COST $1.2 MILLION TO INTALL AND IS BEING PAID FOR BY PARTNERSHIP OF STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND PRIVATE GROUPS.
MIDSOUTH BANCORP INC, HEADQUARTERED IN LAFAYETTE, TERMINATED ITS TWO TOP EXECUTIVES AS PART OF A TRANSITION PLAN THAT’S BEEN UNDERWAY TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPANY. RUSTY CLOUTIER, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE CORPORATION AND HIS SON TROY CLOUTIER, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF MIDSOUTH BANK, WERE THE TWO LET GO. WITH THE BACKING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER JIM McLEMORE HAS BEEN APPOINTED INTERIM PRESIDENT & CEO OF BOTH THE BANK AND CORPORATION.
TOMORROW IS THE SPECIAL SPRING ELECTION, FEATURING AN IMPORTANT RUN OFF FOR MAYOR OF LAKE CHARLES AS WELL AS SOME OTHER IMPORTANT RUN OFFS AND ISSUES. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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(AP) Two elementary school teachers are under arrest in Louisiana after being accused of bullying a child. St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz says the child’s mother contacted his office in February and said 44-year-old Ann Marie Shelvin had threatened students who refused to bully her child. Shelvin also was accused of telling the child to “go and kill yourself.”
The sheriff tells local media that Shelvin was removed from Washington Elementary School, but then her replacement, 50-year-old Tracy Gallow, was recorded on school surveillance video pushing and yelling at the child. The sheriff says both teachers face charges including intimidation and interference in school operations. Superintendent Patrick Jenkins says the school system is investigating.
THE JEFF DAVIS POLICE JURY DECIDED WEDNESDAY TO RESUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH THE LOUISIANA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, HOPING TO RECEIVE BETWEEN $600,000 TO $800,000 TO BLACKTOP GRAVEL ROADS MOSTLY SOUTH OF LACASSINE. THE POLICE JURY APPLIED FOR A GRANT IN 2013 AND 2015 FOR THE PROJECT, BUT WAS TURNED DOWN BOTH TIMES. IF THE GRANT IS APPROVED, THE LACASSINE ROAD IMPROVEMENT WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO A $2.4 MILLION BLACKTOP PROJECT THAT THE POLICE JURY APPROVED LAST WEEK THAT WILL BLACKTOP ABOUT 15 MILES OF GRAVEL ROADS, USING FUNDS FROM A 2 PERCENT SALES TAX APPROVED BY VOTERS IN 2006 FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
