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1-17-19

ONE SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY AFTER DEPUTIES WERE LED ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE FROM LAFAYETTE TO RAYNE.  JEFF HORCHAK REPORTS.

 

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TWO NURSING HOME WORKERS IN CALCASIEU PARISH ARE ACCUSED OF STEALING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS  FROM THE ACCOUNTS OF RESIDENTS.  AN ARREST WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR 38-YEAR-OLD ANDREA JOHNSON, WHO ALLEGEDLY STOLE 13 THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR FROM 21 RESIDENTS OF A NURSING HOME.  SHERIFFS’ OFFICE CHIEF DEPUTY STITCH GUILLORY SAYS THEIR INVESTIGATION OF JOHNSON LED THEM TO DISCOVER THAT THE NURSING HOME’S OFFICE MANAGER WAS DOING THE SAME THING.  KATHERINE COYLE ALLEGEDLY STOLE AROUND 44 THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM 30 RESIDENTS IN 2017.

 

AN ARNAUDVILLE MAN WAS KILLED IN A HIT-AND-RUN WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHILE WALKING ON THE SIDE OF L-A 182.  STATE POLICE SAY 51-YEAR-OLD DAVID SONNIER WAS STRUCK BY TWO EASTBOUND VEHICLES THAT CONTINUED WITHOUT STOPPING.  IT HAPPENED AT AROUND 10 WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED ANY OTHER DETAILS.

 

For three consecutive months, Louisiana’s forecasting panel has debated economists’ suggestions to boost income estimates, making millions more available for spending. Each time, the meeting ends in a stalemate, with no changes made.

The scene replayed Thursday at the Louisiana Capitol, continuing the latest clash between Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration and House Republican leaders.  The stalemate has political implications this election year, threatening Edwards’ plans to include a teacher pay raise in his budget proposal to be released next month.

 

LAST NIGHT THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED A SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR THAT GIVES STUDENTS A FEW EXTRA DAYS OFF IN THE SUMMER.  BY A 7-TO-2 VOTE, THE BOARD APPROVED A CALENDAR THAT BEGINS THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR ON AUGUST 15TH AND ENDS ON MAY 28TH.  THERE WILL BE NO FALL BREAK IN THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND THE MARDI GRAS HOLIDAY WILL BE SHORTENED TO THREE DAYS.  THE PRESIDENT OF THE LAFAYETTE ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS, JONATHAN COLE LIKES THE NEW CALENDAR.  HE SAYS STARTING SCHOOL AT THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST HAS BEEN STRESSFUL FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.

THE LAKE CHARLES CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A REZONING SO THAT DEVELOPERS CAN REMODEL A HISTORIC DOWNTOWN BUILDING INTO A FOOD HALL.  THE BUILDING IS NEAR THE I-TEN RYAN STREET EXIT.  GROUNDBREAKING WILL TAKE PLACE IN JULY AND THE DEVELOPERS PLAN TO HAVE TWENTY FOOD VENDORS, FRESH PRODUCE, AND AN AREA FOR LIVE ENTERTAINMENT.  THE DEVELOPERS TELL KPLC TV THAT THE DINING HALL IS ANOTHER INVESTMENT IN THE CITY’S REVITALIZATION EFFORTS FOR DOWNTOWN LAKE CHARLES.

 

A MAN WAS KILLED IN A HOUSE FIRE YESTERDAY IN ST. MARY PARISH.  MULTIPLE AGENCIES RESPONDED TO THE FIRE AT AROUND TWO YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN THE SORRELL COMMUNITY.  STATE FIRE MARSHALS SAY THE HOUSE WAS LOCATED ON INEZ DRIVE.  THE IDENTITY OF THE MAN KILLED AND THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED YET.

 

The Louisiana Public Service Commission says Entergy Louisiana’s 1 million customers will receive refund credits on their electric bills.  News outlets quote a statement from the commission as saying it voted Wednesday to approve a plan for returning the roughly $58 million over January, February, and March. The statement says the refunds are the result of a lawsuit the commission won over Entergy.  The commission says refunds should be about $5.50 per month for customers consuming around 1300 kilowatt-hours a month.