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Newly seated Lafayette City Marshal Brian Pope has been fined for filing his campaign finance report late. The Louisiana Ethics Administration’s online files show Pope was fined $660 for filing his campaign finance report 11 days late. The Advertiser reports Pope could face an additional fine for filing his personal financial disclosure documents more than two months late. Pope should have filed that form within three days of Aug. 22, the last day to qualify for the Nov. 4 election.
A SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER AT ELTON HIGH SCHOOL WAS ARRESTED AFTER COMPLAINTS WERE FILED ABOUT INAPPROPRIATE CONTACT WITH A STUDENT. 35-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN JOSEPH FRUGE OF ELTON FACES TWO COUNTS OF MOLESTATION OF A JUVENILE. ACCORDING TO A JEFF DAVIS PARISH NEWS RELEASE, AN INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THERE WAS INAPPROPRIATE CONDUCT BETWEEN FRUGE AND A STUDENT OR STUDENTS. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION COMMANDER CHRIS IVEY SAYS THEY ARE LOOKING INTO INFORMATION INVOLVING ACTIVITIES THAT GO BACK TO 2008.
TOMORROW NIGHT IS THE ANNUAL FARMER’S APPRECIATION DINNER AT THE RICE FESTIVAL BUILDING IN CROWLEY, SPONSORED BY THE CROWLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND SUPREME RICE. CHAMBER PRESIDENT AMY THIBODEAUX SAYS IT’S A WELL-ATTENDED EVENT.
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GUESTS BEGINNING ARRIVING TOMORROW NIGHT AT SIX AND THE DINNER BEGINS AT SEVEN. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL THE CROWLEY CHAMBER OFFICE.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal plans to double down on the assertion that there are neighborhoods in Western nations where Islamic traditions trump civic laws. The move appears aimed at standing out in a crowded field of potential Republican candidates for president. Yet some in his party question if it’s a strategy that has the potential to resonate in the early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. The hubbub began Monday in London, when Jindal told a think tank audience that some countries have allowed Muslims to establish autonomous “no-go zone” neighborhoods.
THE LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH COUNCIL VOTED 7-TO-1 LAST NIGHT TO DECLARE A POLICE SUBSTATION AND PLAZA PROJECT A PUBLIC NECESSITY, WHICH ALLOWS THE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT TO PURCHASE THE LESSPAY MOTEL AT UNIVERSITY AND CAMERON STREET. THE LONE COUNCIL MEMBER TO VOTE AGAINST THE MEASURE WAS WILLIAM THERIOT, WHO OBJECTED TO FORCING THE OWNERS OF THE MOTEL TO SELL. THE PROJECT IS CONSIDERED AN IMPORTANT STEP IN REVATILIZING THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. COUNCILMAN BRANDON SHELVIN SAYS THE MOTEL HAS BEEN A HUB FOR DRUG ACTIVITIES AND PROSTITUTION, AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE.
THE RESIDENTS OF A MOBILE HOME PARK IN MOSS BLUFF RECEIVED A SHOCK LAST FRIDAY WHEN THEY WERE GIVEN NOTICE TO VACATE. THE PINE HAVEN MOBILE HOME PARK WAS SOLD ON DECEMBER 29TH. THE RESIDENTS NOW HAVE LESS THAN TWO WEEKS TO FIND A NEW PLACE TO LIVE OR THEY’LL BE REMOVED FROM THEIR PROPERTY. STATE LAW REQUIRES A TEN DAY NOTICE IF THE TERMS OF THE LEASE ARE ON A MONTH-TO-MONTH BASIS.
A ST. LANDRY PARISH MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR STEALING OVER 36 THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM HIS GRANDMOTHER. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne has appointed Dwight Landreneau as assistant secretary of the Office of State Parks, which manages 22 state parks and 17 state historic sites.
Landreneu previously served in the position under then Lt. Gov. Kathleen Blanco. The agency also manages two state preservation areas, the Louisiana Outdoors Outreach Program, several grant management programs and Poverty Point World Heritage Site. Landrenau will replace Stuart Johnson, who retired last year after more than 17 years of service.
