1-10-23
KENNETH BOUDREAUX HAS RESIGNED HIS SEAT ON THE LAFAYETTE MUNICIPAL FIRE AND POLICE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD. HE WAS APPOINTED TO FILL AN OPENING ON THE BOARD IN AUGUST. BOUDREAUX CITED A LAW HE DISCOVERED AS THE REASON FOR HIS RESIGNATION, WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO HOLD A POSITION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, BUT HE DID NOT SPECIFY WHAT PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT POSITION HE HELD. BOUDREAUX’S RESIGNATION COMES JUST BEFORE THE BOARD’S NEXT MEETING WHEN THEY WERE TO CONSIDER WHETHER TO RECUSE BOUDREAUX FROM A TERMINATION APPEAL INVOLVING A FORMER LAFAYETTE POLICE OFFICER.
A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY, WHO WAS SHOT SATURDAY NIGHT IN NEW IBERIA, DIED FROM HIS INJURIES ON SUNDAY. THE TEENAGER SUFFERED MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS IN THE SIX HUNDRED BLOCK OF PARK AVENUE. THE CASE IS BEING INVESTIGATED AS A HOMOCIDE. ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL THE TIPS LINE AT THREE-SIX-FOUR-TIPS.
THE SULPHUR CITY COUNCIL HAS GIVEN EXTENSIONS TO SEVERAL FAMILIES WHO ARE LIVING IN RECREATIONAL VEHICLES WHILE REPAIRS ARE MADE TO THEIR HOMES, WHICH WERE DAMAGED BY HURRICANES. MAYOR MIKE DANAHAY TELLS KPLC TV THAT A NON-FEE PERMIT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO SOME RESIDENTS THAT LASTS UP TO SIX MONTHS IF PROOF IS SHOWN REPAIRS ARE BEING MADE. COUNCILMEMBER JOY ABSHIRE SAYS THE RESIDENTS HAVE TO HAVE PROOF THAT STEPS ARE GOING FORWARD. BILLY BERTRAND AND HIS FAMILY ARE ONE OF THOSE GIVEN THE EXTENSION BECAUSE OF SETBACKS THEY FACED INCLUDING LOSING TENS OF THOUSAND OF DOLLARS TO A SHODDY CONTRACTOR.
Louisiana State Treasurer John Schroder announced Monday that he is officially running for governor. Louisiana’s current Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, is unable to run this year due to term limits, creating a huge opportunity for the GOP to capture the state’s top government post. With the election about nine months away, Schroder and Attorney General Jeff Landry, both Republicans, are the only two major candidates to enter the race so far. Schroder served nearly 10 years as a state representative in Louisiana, before winning a special election for state treasurer in 2017.
LOUISIANA LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BILLY NUNGESSER ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY HE WILL NOT BE RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR. NUNGESSER HAD HINTED FOR MONTHS THAT HE WOULD RUN TO REPLACE GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS, BUT INSTEAD HE WILL RUN FOR REELECTION. ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF LANDRY, WHO IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR, TWEETED YESTERDAY THAT HE HAS RECEIVED THE ENDORSEMENT OF TWO CONGRESSMAN. THEY ARE CLAY HIGGINS OF LAFAYETTE AND MIKE JOHNSON OF BOSSIER CITY.
AUTHORITIES SAY A LAFAYETTE MAN AND A BELLE CHASSE MAN WERE ARRESTED AFTER DEPUTIES FOUND A LARGE AMOUNT OF DRUGS DURING A TRAFFIC STOP IN RAPIDES PARISH. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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AS THE NEW OPELOUSAS POLICE CHIEF ENTERS HIS SECOND WEEK IN OFFICE, HE IS WORKING TOWARDS A GOAL OF LOWERING CRIME AND GAINING THE TRUST OF THE COMMUNITY. GRAIG LEBLANC SAYS THEY ARE STACKING SHIFTS SO MORE POLICE OFFICERS ARE ON THE ROAD AND VISIBLE PLUS THEY ARE HIRING ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL. LEBLANC TELLS KLFY TV HE IS CREATING A COMMUNITY SERVICE UNIT TO INCREASE INTERACTION BETWEEN POLICE AND RESIDENTS. HE ALSO PLANS TO REVAMP THE JUNIOR POLICE PROGRAM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIXTEEN YEARS, OFFERING THE CHANCE TO INTERACT AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CITY’S YOUTH.
SAINT MARY PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARE SEARCHING FOR A MISSING GIRL. FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD ALEXIS HORTON WAS LAST SEEN AT AROUND SEVEN-TWENTY-TWO LAST NIGHT. ALEXIS IS FIVE-THREE, AND AROUND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY POUNDS AND WAS WEARING A GRAY HOODIE WITH GREEN SHORTS. ANYONE WHO KNOWS THE LOCATION OF ALEXIS IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE SAINT MARY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
