1-27-23
THE ACADIA PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM IS GOING TO A SHORTER WEEK THIS FALL. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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ALL BROUSSARD CITY FLAGS WILL BE FLOWN AT HALF STAFF FOR SEVEN DAYS TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF FORMER MAYOR CHARLES LANGLINAIS. ON TUESDAY, LANGLINAIS, WHO WAS SEVENTY-THREE, DIED IN HIS SLEEP BUT THE CAUSE HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED. LANGLINAIS SERVED AS MAYOR FROM JANUARY, NINETEEN-NINETY-ONE TO DECEMBER OF TWENTY-EIGHTEEN. THE CURRENT MAYOR, RAY BOURQUE, SAYS HE REMEMBERS LANGLINAIS AS A BIG PICTURE VISIONARY WHO FOCUSED ON NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND ATTRACTING INVESTMENTS TO BROUSSARD.
TWENTY-NINE LOUISIANA OIL AND GAS FACILITIES HAVE RECEIVED VIOLATION NOTICES FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. THE VIOLATIONS WERE DISCOVERED BY THE E-P-A AFTER THEY USED HIGH-TECH HELICOPTER SURVEILLANCE THAT CONDUCTED FLYOVERS IN SIX REGIONS OF THE STATE INCLUDING THE LAFAYETTE AND LAKE CHARLES AREAS. E-P-A SPOKESPERSON JOSEPH ROBLEDO SAYS THE HELICOPTER MONITORED MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY FACILITIES BETWEEN AUGUST FOURTEENTH AND SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIRST OF TWENTY-TWENTY-ONE. AMONG THE COMPANIES CITED WERE COLUMBIA GULF TRANSMISSION FOR THEIR RAYNE COMPRESSOR STATION AND HARVEST MIDSTREAM FOR THEIR KAPLAN GAS PLANT.
A LAKE CHARLES MOTHER RECEIVED HELP FROM HER TEN-YEAR-OLD SON WHEN SHE PASSED OUT WHILE DRIVING HOME, RESULTING IN THE TOTALLING OF HER CAR AFTER HITTING A CULVERT. KAMIN FARRELL’S SON, PEYTON, SAYS HE KNEW ONE OF THE BUTTONS ON THE DASH ALERTED THE ONSTAR SERVICE, SO HE JUST STARTED PRESSING BUTTONS. PEYTON ALSO KNEW TO USE AN EPIPEN ON HIS MOM, WHO HAD PASSED OUT ON OTHER OCCASIONS, AND HE SHARED HIS LOCATION WITH HIS FATHER AND GRANDMOTHER BY DROPPING A PIN ON APPLE MAPS. KAMIN SAYS SHE’S GLAD PEYTON WAS WITH HER BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DIFFERENT SCENARIO.
A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED IN MORGAN CITY ON NOVEMBER EIGHTH. THE JUVENILE WAS CAPTURED IN ASCENSION PARISH WITH THE HELP OF THE LOCAL SHERIFF’S OFFICE. FOUR OTHERS WERE ARRESTED RIGHT AFTER THE SHOOTING, WHICH OCCURRED IN THE AREA OF FEDERAL AVENUE AND ORANGE STREET. A JUVENILE WAS HIT BY GUNFIRE IN THAT INCIDENT AND WAS TREATED FOR MODERATE INJURIES.
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A WOMAN WHO STOLE A PAIR OF VERSACE SUNGLASSES VALUED AT OVER ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS. THEY WERE TAKEN FROM DILLARDS EARLIER THIS MONTH, AND TWO OTHER PAIRS WERE DAMAGED IN AN ATTEMPT TO REMOVE A SECURITY TAG. POLICE HAVE PUT OUT A WARRANT FOR NYKEESHA BOUDOIN (BOH dwan) AND HER ALLEGED ACCOMPLICE, JERALD A. LEWIS, FOR FELONY THEFT. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THEIR WHEREABOUTS IS ASKED TO CALL TWO-THREE-TWO-TIPS.
G-O-P SOURCES SAY BATON ROUGE CONGRESSMAN GARRET GRAVES IS LINKED TO A MAJOR LEADERSHIP POSITION IN THE U-S HOUSE. HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY IS REPORTEDLY SET TO NAME GRAVES AS THE CHAIR OF THE ELECTED LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE AND WILL BE GIVEN A SEAT ON THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN STEERING COMMITTEE. FORMER LOUISIANA CONGRESSMAN BILLY TAUZIN TELLS THE ADVOCATE HE DOESN’T KNOW HOW GRAVES COULD TURN DOWN THE JOB. GRAVES IS CONSIDERED A POSSIBLE CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR BUT IT’S LESS LIKELY IF HE MOVES INTO THE U-S HOUSE LEADERSHIP.
THE VERMILLION PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN IDENTIFYING A SUSPECT THAT FIRED A SHOT THROUGH THE OPERATION’S OFFICE WINDOW ON THE PERRY BRIDGE. THE SHOT WAS FIRED ON JANUARY THIRTEENTH AS THE NORTHBOUND VEHICLE CROSSED THE BRIDGE, WHICH IS LOCATED ON L-A EIGHTY-TWO, SOUTHWEST OF ABBEVILLE. THE SUSPECT’S VEHICLE IS A DARK-COLORED TRUCK. ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL SEVEN-FOUR-ZERO-TIPS.
