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1-3-17

LAFAYETTE FIRE OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING A MONDAY AFTERNOON HOUSE FIRE.  JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.

 

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THE PRESIDENT OF MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY YESTERDAY ANNOUNCED HE WILL BE RETIRING ON JULY FIRST.  IN A NEWS RELEASE, 65-YEAR-OLD PHILIP WILLIAMS SAID HE HOPES TO RESUME HIS INTERESTS IN WRITING AND CONSULTING IN THE AREAS OF STRATEGIC PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT.  WILLIAMS BEGAN SERVING AS PRESIDENT AT MCNEESE ON JULY FIRST 2010, AND IS THE UNIVERSITY’S SIXTH PRESIDENT.  THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL CONDUCT A NATIONAL SEARCH FOR WILLIAM’S SUCCESSOR.

 

HENDERSON CITY OFFICIALS SAY THEY SUPPORT THE PROPOSED BAYOU BRIDGE PIPELINE, AS LONG AS ITS BUILT TO CODE.  THE PIPELINE WOULD STRETCH 162 MILES FROM CALCASIEU PARISH TO ST. JAMES PARISH, CUTTING ACROSS THE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN.  HENDERSON MAYOR PROTEM JODY MECHE TELLS THE ADVOCATE PIPELINE COMPANIES IN THE PAST HAVE LEFT SPOIL BANKS WHICH ARE LIKE DAMS INTERFERING WITH WATER FLOW IN THE BASIN.  MAYOR SHERBIN COLLETTE SAYS THE PIPELINE COMPANIES NEED TO PUT THE LAND BACK TO IT’S NORMAL STATE, AFTER THE PIPELINE IS LAID.

 

THE SHELTER AT HOME PROGRAM, DESIGNED TO HELP GET HOMES THAT FLOODED LAST AUGUST IN A LIVEABLE STATE UNTIL PERMANENT REPAIRS COULD BE MADE, HAS BEEN DEEMED A SUCCESS BY GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS, BUT SOME HOMEOWNERS HAVE BEEN CRITICAL.  NEARLY 10,500 HOMES TOOK PART IN THE PROGRAM, AND ABOUT 110 MILLION DOLLARS WAS SPENT ON SHELTER AT HOME CONSTRUCTION.  HOMEOWNERS COMPLAINED ABOUT HOW THE MONEY WAS SPENT.  BUT GOVERNOR EDWARDS SAYS ONCE THEY BEGAN SHOWING THEM PHOTOS OF WHAT THEY COULD EXPECT UNDER THE PROGRAM, THE FEEDBACK WAS OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.

 

LAFAYETTE UTILITIES SERVICE OFFICIALS SAY A LOCAL BUSINESS HAS REPORTED A PHONE SCAM.  THE CALLER PHONED FROM THE 9-7-3 AREA CODE AND THREATENED TO DISCONNECT THEIR ELECTRICAL SERVICE OVER A DELINQUENT BILL.  THE PHONE SCAMMER THEN TOLD THEM TO CALL AN 800 NUMBER TO MAKE THEIR PAYMENT.  L-U-S CUSTOMERS NORMALLY ARE GIVEN THE OPTION TO PAY A BILL OVER THE PHONE, BUT ALWAYS THROUGH AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM, NOT A LIVE PERSON.

 

A federal lawsuit claims sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a 27-year-old man in his southwest Louisiana home after investigators improperly obtained a warrant to search his residence for drugs.  The Dec. 26 lawsuit accuses a Beauregard Parish sheriff’s deputy of relying on false and uncorroborated statements from an informant and anonymous caller to get a “no-knock” warrant to search Eric Senegal’s Ragley home.  A grand jury ruled out criminal charges against two deputies who shot at Senegal on Jan. 4, 2016. Deputies told State Police investigators that they gunned down Senegal after he pointed a pistol at them.

 

IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARRESTED A 25-YEAR-OLD NEW IBERIA MAN FOR A TRIPLE STABBING ON CEDAR HILL CIRCLE AT AROUND THREE A-M SUNDAY.  SHERIFF LOUIS ACKAL SAYS AN INITIAL INVESTIGATION SAYS A DISPUTE BETWEEN CODY TOUCHEK AND A 36-YEAR-OLD WOMAN LED TO THE STABBING.   THE WOMAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH LIFE THREATENING WOUNDS AND TWO OTHER PEOPLE ALSO WERE TREATED FOR KNIFE WOUNDS.  TOUCHEK WAS LATER ARRESTED BY ST. MARTIN PARISH AUTHORITIES ON WARRANTS UNRELATED TO THE STABBINGS.

 

CLAY HIGGINS TAKES OFFICE TODAY AS THE U-S REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE THIRD DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA, WHICH COVERS MOST OF ACADIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.  YESTERDAY IT WAS ANNOUNCED HE HAD CHOSEN A LAFAYETTE NATIVE TO SERVE AS HIS CHIEF OF STAFF.  KATHRYN WENGER FACCHIANO HAD SERVED MOST RECENTLY AS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR AND GENERAL COUNSEL FOR U-S SENATOR RAND PAUL OF KENTUCKY.  HIGGIN’S CAMPAIGN ADVISOR CHRIS COMEAUX SAYS THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WITH A STRONG BACKGROUND IN DRAFING LEGISLATION, AND SOMEONE WITH CAPITAL HILL EXPERIENCE WHO COULD DEAL WITH THE PROCESS.