05-04-23
LAFAYETTE POLICE SAY ONE MAN IS DEAD AFTER A SHOOTING LAST NIGHT IN THE TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED BLOCK OF EAST SIMCOE STREET. DANIELLE JOHNSON REPORTS.
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NEW IBERIA POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF THE BICYCLIST WHO WAS KILLED IN A HIT-AND-RUN MONDAY. FORTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD JEREMIAH WOOD WAS STRUCK BY A CAR IN THE SEVENTEEN-HUNDRED BLOCK OF CENTER STREET. THE CAR ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN THE HIT-AND-RUN WAS FOUND AT A BODY SHOP IN BALDWIN TUESDAY NIGHT BUT THERE ARE NO REPORTS OF ARRESTS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION REGARDING THE INVESTIGATION IS ASKED TO CALL IBERIA CRIMESTOPPERS AT THREE-SIX-FOUR-TIPS.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE VOTING IRREGULARITIES IN THE TOWN OF ELTON. PROPERTY OWNER RODERICK WILLIAMS TOLD KPLC TV HE FOUND A NUMBER OF PEOPLE REGISTERED WITH DIFFERENT LAST NAMES AND ADDRESSES BUT RECEIVING MAIL AT ONE P-O BOX. KPLC TV CONDUCTED THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION AND FOUND DOZENS OF QUESTIONABLE VOTERS, SOME OF WHICH HAVE SINCE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE VOTING ROLLS IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH. THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS AND TAX ASSESSOR JOANN BLAIR TELLS KPLC TV THAT THEY ARE WORKING TO DILIGENTLY REMOVE ALL VOTERS WHO CANNOT PROVE THEY LIVE WHERE THEY SAY THEY LIVE.
A BILL THAT WOULD ADD PROTECTIONS IN THE WORKPLACE FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE FAILED IN A HOUSE COMMITTEE. THE BILL WOULD HAVE BANNED NOT HIRING, FIRING OR DISCRIMINATING AGAINST SOMEONE BASED SOLELY ON THEIR GENDER IDENTITY OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION. THE LOUISIANA FAMILY FORUM WARNED THAT IT WOULD HAVE BARRED EMPLOYERS FROM MAINTAINING SEPARATE SHOWERS, CHANGING AREAS AND RESTROOMS ON THE BASIS OF SEX. THE VOTE AGAINST THE BILL WAS SEVEN-TO-FIVE.
A Republican-controlled legislative committee is rejecting efforts to increase Louisiana’s minimum wage, which currently aligns with the federal rate of $7.25 an hour. The bill failed Wednesday. The bill would have gradually increased the state’s minimum wage to $10 an hour in 2024 and to $14 an hour in 2028.
STATE AUDITORS IDENTIFIED TWO DOZEN POTENTIAL PROBLEMS WITH LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS IN TWENTY-TWENTY-ONE- AND TWENTY-TWO. THE GUILLORY ADMINISTRATION AGREED WITH SOME OF THE FINDINGS AND LAID OUT PLANS TO ADDRESS THEM. HOWEVER, THEY DISAGREED WITH SOME FINDINGS INCLUDING THE CONTROVERSIAL SPOIL BANK REMOVAL IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF DETENTION PONDS. THE AUDITORS WITH KOLDER, SLOVEN AND COMPANY SUGGESTED L-C-G MAY HAVE VIOLATED THE STATE’S PUBLIC BID LAW THREE TIMES, ALL RELATED TO DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
SAINT MARTINVILLE POLICE, USING D-N-A EVIDENCE, HAVE IDENTIFIED HUMAN REMAINS FOUND BY HUNTERS IN DECEMBER. IT WAS DETERMINED THEY BELONGED TO SEVENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD ALBERT WILLIS, WHO WAS REPORTED MISSING IN JUNE OF TWENTY-TWENTY-ONE. HIS FAMILY SAYS WILLIS SUFFERED FROM DEMENTIA. THIRTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD PORSCHE CALAIS WAS ARRESTED ONE YEAR AGO ON OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE CHARGES AND FAILURE TO COOPERATE IN THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF WILLIS.
THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN IDENTIFYING THE SUSPECT IN AN ARMED ROBBERY IN MORSE ON SATURDAY. AT AROUND SEVEN-THIRTY THAT NIGHT, A MAN IN A BLACK SKI MASK APPROACHED THE VICTIM, STEALING HIS WALLET AND SHOOTING HIM IN THE ARM BEFORE FLEEING. THE SUSPECT WAS LAST SEEN IN A BLUE SEDAN HEADING SOUTH ON SOUTH JACKSON AVENUE. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS URGED TO CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS, WHERE UP TO A TWENTY-FIVE-HUNDRED DOLLAR CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST IN THE CASE.
