1-15-19
A LAFAYETTE BUSINESSMAN HAS ANNOUNCED HIS CANDIDACY TO BE THE NEXT STATE REPRESENTATIVE IN DISTRICT 31, WHICH COVERS PARTS OF LAFAYETTE AND VERMILLION PARISHES. JIM DORE ANNOUNCED BEFORE FAMILY, FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS YESTERDAY HIS INTENTION TO REPLACE NANCY LANDRY AS STATE REPRESENTATIVE, WHO IS TERM LIMITED. DORE SAYS HE’S SPENT HIS CAREER IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY AND IT’S TIME FOR THE HUB CITY TO BE REPRESENTED BY AN EXPERIENCED OIL AND GAS PROFESSIONAL. THE PRIMARY ELECTION FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATOR SEATS WILL TAKE PLACE ON OCTOBER TWELFTH.
SOME RESIDENTS IN JENNINGS ARE ON HIGH ALERT BECAUSE OF A STRING OF VEHICLE BURGLARIES. POLICE CHIEF DANNY SEMMES TELLS KLFY TV THAT IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD FOUR GUNS WERE STOLEN FROM VEHICLES. HE SAYS THEY WANT TO ASSURE RESIDENTS THEY ARE WORKING THE CASE AND STEPPING UP PATROLS IN NEIGHBORHOODS. HE SAYS INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO FIND A SUSPECT.
AN IBERIA PARISH MAN WAS SENTENCED TO TWENTY YEARS IN PRISON FOR THE ATTEMPT TO KILL A WOMAN WITH WHOM HE WAS INVOLVED. PROSECUTORS SAY THAT IN JUNE 2017, BRADLEY BROUSSARD ATTEMPTED TO RUN OVER THE WOMAN AT A LOWES PARKING LOT, THEN STRANGLED HER AND KNOCKED HER UNCONSCIOUS. HE FLED THE SCENE WITH THE WOMAN AND HELD HER CAPTIVE UNTIL HIS ARREST THE NEXT DAY. LAST SEPTEMBER, BROUSSARD PLED GUILTY TO ATTEMPTED MURDER AND BATTERY CHARGES.
Louisiana is joining other states in handing out February food stamps early because of the partial federal government shutdown. The state Department of Children and Family Services said Monday that most of those eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly called food stamps, will receive February benefits on or before Jan. 20. The benefits would usually be distributed during February. The Department of Children and Family Services is trying to ensure recipients realize that is not an extra level of assistance, but the usual food aid a family receives.
CONCERNED PARENTS OF STUDENTS WHO ATTEND SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL IN YOUNGSVILLE ATTENDED A TOWN HALL MEETING MONDAY NIGHT OVER POSSIBLE REZONING IN THE FUTURE. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN LAKE CHARLES WILL BE STARTING A TWO-WAY SPANISH ENGLISH IMMERSION COURSE IN THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. THAT MEANS ITS FOR BOTH NATIVE ENGLISH AND NATIVE SPANISH SPEAKERS. NEARLY FORTY PERCENT OF STUDENTS AT FAIRVIEW ARE HISPANIC. THE ELEMENTARY E-S-L COACH FOR CALCASIEU PARISH, LAURIE CUNNINGHAM, TELLS KPLC TV THAT TEACHING KIDS TWO LANGUAGES AT AN EARLY AGE HELPS THEM IMPROVE THEIR TEST SCORES AS WELL AS THEIR ABILITY TO LEARN.
TWO CROWLEY MEN, WHO LED STATE POLICE ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE ON I-TEN, HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ON MULTIPLE DRUG CHARGES. A STATE TROOPER IN WESTLAKE TRIED TO PULL OVER A CAR DRIVEN BY 39-YEAR-OLD TRAVIS F. REED, WHO STOPPED THEN FLED THE SCENE. HE SIDESWIPED A VEHICLE BEFORE GETTING ON I-TEN, AND WAS EVENTUALLY STOPPED ON I-210 AFTER TROOPERS DEPLOYED SPIKE STRIPS. REED AND HIS PASSENGER, 30-YEAR-OLD LIONEL S. CLEMENT OF CROWLEY, WERE ARRESTED ON MULTIPLE CHARGES INCLUDING MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTING SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA.
Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser is boosting Louisiana’s outreach to international visitors and seeking private investment in state parks, trying to bolster a tourism industry that is one of the state’s largest employers. Nungesser is Louisiana’s chief tourism official, overseeing the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism. While he’s competing with states that have much larger marketing budgets, Louisiana’s lieutenant governor says his state is a natural draw, with its food, diverse culture, music and events like Mardi Gras. International tourists are sought after because they typically spend more money on trips.
