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8-16-17

PLANS ARE IN THE WORKS TO ADD 39 LIMITED ACCESS CROSSOVERS AND TURN LANES TO JOHNSTON STREET BETWEEN AMBASSADOR CAFFERY IN LAFAYETTE AND MAURICE IN VERMILLION PARISH.  AT THE SAME TIME, SOME EXISTING CROSSOVERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITHOUT TRAFFIC LIGHTS, WILL BE ELIMINATED.  THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, DEIDRA DRUILHET, SAYS IT’S A SAFETY MEASURE DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF T-BONE CRASHES, WHILE HELPING THEM MANAGE HIGH VOLUMES OF TRAFFIC.  THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO COST AS MUCH AS TEN MILLION DOLLARS AND THE D-O-T-D IS EXPECTING TO AWARD A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT BY OCTOBER OF NEXT YEAR.

 

JUDGE GUY BRADBERRY IS EXPECTED TO RULE THIS WEEK ON WHETHER TO DELAY THE FIRST DEGREE MURDER TRIAL OF KEVIN DAIGLE.  DAIGLE IS SCHEDULED TO GO TO TRIAL ON SEPTEMBER 18TH IN LAKE CHARLES FOR SHOOTING AND KILLING LOUISIANA STATE TROOPER STEVEN VINCENT TWO YEARS AGO.  DAIGLE’S DEFENSE HAS ASKED FOR A DELAY BECAUSE THE LEAD ATTORNEY, DAVID PRICE, DIED ON JULY 27TH.  THE STATE IS ARGUING AGAINST THE DELAY, SAYING THE DEFENSE HAS HAD ENOUGH TIME TO PREPARE.

 

CAL’S WESTERN WEAR IN LAFAYETTE IS CLOSING AFTER 58 YEARS IN BUSINESS, ALL AT THE SAME LOCATION ON JOHNSTON STREET.  CAL GAUTHREAU LEFT A JOB DOING SADDLE REPAIR IN BATON ROUGE TO START THE FIRST WESTERN WEAR STORE IN LAFAYETTE IN 1959.  CAL DIED IN 2012 AT THE AGE OF 90 AND HIS FAMILY SAYS PART OF THE REASON THEY ARE CLOSING IS BECAUSE INTEREST IN WESTERN WEAR HAS WANED.  THEY WERE BUSY THIS WEEK PREPARING FOR A LIQUIDATION SALE THAT BEGINS TOMORROW AND IS EXPECTED TO LAST FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS.

 

Louisiana has received federal approval for its contested redesign of state education policies, submitted by education officials over the objections of Gov. John Bel Edwards.  U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced Tuesday that she had signed off on Louisiana’s proposal under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. The 2015 law requires states to spell out in detailed plans how they’ll spot and help troubled schools.  The plan crafted by Louisiana’s education department changes the way student performance is measured, along with the method for calculating public school letter grades.

 

JEFFREY MATTHEWS IS OFFICIALLY OUT AS POLICE CHIEF FOR THE CITY OF JEANERETTE.  THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN HAD FIRED MATTHEWS BUT LAST MONDAY MAYOR APRIL FOULCARD SAID THE BOARD COULDN’T LEGALLY FIRE MATTHEWS WITHOUT THE MAYOR’S RECOMMENDATION AND REINSTATED HIM.  HOWEVER, CITY ATTORNEY FRANK BARBER TELLS KLFY TV THAT THEIR CHARTER CLEARLY GIVES THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN THE AUTHORITY TO REMOVE THE POLICE CHIEF.  THE MAYOR RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING SHE PLANS TO ABIDE BY THE BOARD’S DECISION.

 

ROYOMARTIN’S ORIENTED STRAND BOARD RAISED 70 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AT OAKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.  HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS HAVE BEEN DISPLACED FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE OF A FIRE AT THE SCHOOL EARLIER THIS SUMMER.  EMPLOYEES AT ROYOMARTIN RAISED 35 THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THE COMPANY MATCHED THAT AMOUNT.  THE EMPLOYEES SURPRISED OAKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS YESTERDAY WITH BACK TO SCHOOL GIFTS AND VOUCHERS FOR CLASSROOM SUPPLIES.

 

SCOTT POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR TWO SUSPECTS, WHO ARE ACCUSED OF STEALING MONEY FROM SEVERAL BUSINESSES IN ACADIANA.  JEFF HORCHAK HAS THE DETAILS.

 

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A lawyer for Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says a judge “just got it wrong” when he threw out as unconstitutional Edwards’ order protecting LGBT rights in state government.  Edwards’ attorney Matthew Block made his argument Tuesday to a Louisiana appeals court panel, seeking to have the executive order reinstated.

The order banned discrimination in government and state contracts based on sexual orientation and gender identity. A judge blocked enforcement in December in response to Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry’s lawsuit.