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6-24-16

THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS HAS UPHELD THE HOUSE ARREST OF LAFAYETTE CITY MARSHAL BRIAN POPE.  THEY RULED THAT JUDGE JULES EDWARDS WAS CORRECT IN SENTENCING POPE IN MARCH TO A SEVEN DAY HOUSE ARREST FOR FAILING TO FULFILL A COURT ORDER TO PRODUCE EMAILS REQUESTED BY THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY.  THE INDEPENDENT WAS DOING AN INVESTIGATION ON WHETHER POPE COLLUDED WITH SCOTT POLICE CHIEF CHAD LEGER TO ATTACK SHERIFF ELECT MARK GARBER IN LAST YEAR’S SHERIFF’S RACE.  POPE’S ATTORNEY, KEVIN STOCKSTILL, SAYS THEY WILL APPEAL TO THE STATE SUPREME COURT.

 

THE CALCASIEU PARISH POLICE JURY AGREED LAST NIGHT TO REZONE PROPERTY ON U-S HIGHWAY 90 FOR A MOBILE HOME PARK.  THE DEVELOPER, HIS HEIRS L-L-C, WANTS TO BUILD A SIXTY ACRE PARK IN THE 67-HUNDRED BLOCK OF HIGHWAY 90, WHICH WOULD ACCOMMODATE UP TO 336 MOBILE HOMES.  MANY RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA CAME OUT IN PROTEST.  THE DEVELOPER STILL HAS SEVERAL HURDLES TO OVERCOME BEFORE BUILDING THE PARK, INCLUDING TRAFFIC AND DRAINAGE STUDIES.

 

ONE OF TWO MEN ACCUSED OF KILLING A VERMILLION PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY TWO YEARS AGO AGREED TO PLEAD GUILTY AFTER THE PROSECUTION REMOVED THE DEATH PENALTY.  22-YEAR-OLD QUINTYLAN RICHARD WILL SERVE A LIFE SENTENCE AFTER ADMITTING TO JUDGE MARILYN CASTLE THAT HE SHOT AND KILLED DEPUTY ALLEN BARES JUNIOR, WHO WAS OFF DUTY AT THE TIME.  RICHARD THEN APOLOGIZED TO BARES’ FAMILY.  SHERIFF MIKE COUVILLON TOLD THE DAILY ADVERTISER THAT AS LONG AS BARES’ WIFE, TINA, WAS SATISFIED, HE WAS SATISFIED.

 

Louisiana lawmakers have reached a final budget deal and ended their special session on taxes.  With their adjournment Thursday, the House and Senate wrapped up a 19-week stretch of work across three legislative sessions. Lawmakers say that’s the longest the Louisiana Legislature has been consecutively in session in its history.  In the latest session, lawmakers fell short of the revenue goal set by Gov. John Bel Edwards to raise $600 million more for the $26 billion budget that starts July 1.  Cuts will hit the TOPS college tuition program, K-12 public schools and more.  But the House and Senate did agree to raise more than $260 million for next year, on top of the more than $1.2 billion in taxes increased earlier this year.  While he didn’t reach his target, Edwards said he was pleased with the work of lawmakers who at one point were faced with a budget shortfall nearing $2 billion in the upcoming year.

 

AUTHORITIES HAVE IDENTIFIED BOTH VICTIMS, WHOSE BODIES WERE FOUND IN BURNED VEHICLES IN TWO SEPARATE ACADIANA LOCATIONS.  JULIE DARCE REPORTS.

 

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THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS DESIGNATED WELSH AS THE HOME OF THE CAJUN DICTIONARY.  THE LATE FATHER JULES DAIGLE WROTE TWO BOOKS, “A DICTIONARY OF THE CAJUN LANGUAGE”, AND “CAJUN SELF TAUGHT.”  HE WROTE THEM TO HELP PRESERVE THE CAJUN LANGUAGE, WHICH HE FELT WAS BEING FORGOTTEN.  A CELEBRATION AND MASS FOR THE NEW DESIGNATION WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE AT OUR LADY OF SEVEN DOLORS CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WELSH, WHICH WAS FATHER DAIGLE’S HOME CHURCH.

 

THE C-E-O OF THE MCILHENNEY COMPANY, WHICH PRODUCES TABASCO PRODUCTS, WAS THE FIRST SPEAKER FOR ONE ACADIANA’S NEW “LESSONS FROM THE CORNER OFFICE” SERIES, HELD YESTERDAY AT CAFÉ VERMILLIONVILLE.  TONY SIMMONS TOLD THOSE IN ATTENDANCE THAT IT’S IMPORTANT FOR BUSINESS OWNERS TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE.  THE COMPANY OWNS 18 PERCENT OF THE HOT SAUCE MARKET WORLDWIDE, AND SIMMONS SAYS THEY MUST FIND NEW WAYS OF MARKETING TO CUSTOMERS IN ORDER TO STAY AHEAD OF THEIR COMPETITORS.  HE SAYS THEY HAVE A FIVE YEAR BUSINESS PLAN THAT THEY REEVALUATE EVERY TWO TO THREE YEARS.

 

 

 

 

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