1-3-23
KLFY’S DANIELLE JOHNSON HAS AN UPDATE ON A HOMOCIDE THAT HAPPENED IN NEW IBERIA LAST WEEK.
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CARENCRO’S FIRST FEMALE MAYOR WAS SWORN INTO OFFICE YESTERDAY. CHARLOTTE STEMMANS CLAVIER SAYS SHE LOVES CARENCRO AND IS EXCITED TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE. SHE VOWED TO KEEP A SHARP EYE FOR DETAIL WHEN IT COMES TO MANAGING THE CITY’S MONEY. THE CITY COUNCIL AND POLICE CHIEF WERE ALSO SWORN IN.
FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, THE LOUISIANA OFFICE OF TOURISM WON AN AWARD FOR A FLOAT THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE ROSE PARADE IN PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. THE CELEBRATION RIVERBOAT FLOAT WAS GIVEN THE SHOWMANSHIP AWARD FOR AN OUTSTANDING DISPLAY OF SHOWMANSHIP AND ENTERTAINMENT. A FORMER PATIENT AT THE SHRINER’S CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN SHREVEPORT AND TWENTY LOUISIANA QUEENS RODE ON THE FLOAT. THIS YEAR’S THEME, “TURNING THE CORNER”, CELEBRATED THE UNLIMITED POTENTIAL OF EACH NEW YEAR.
THE CALCASIEU PARISH POLICE JURY ADOPTED THE LARGEST BUDGET IN THEIR HISTORY. THE FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET INCLUDES PROJECTS TO FIX DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY HURRICANES. THE BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES A PAY INCREASE FOR EMPLOYEES AND AN ADDITIONAL FIVE DOLLARS PER DAY PER PRISONER FOR THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. THE NEW BUDGET IS EIGHT PERCENT HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR’S.
A CAR CRASH IN RAYNE LEFT THREE TOMBSTONES DAMAGED AT OUR MOTHER OF MERCY SATURDAY NIGHT. TRUSTEE WILLIE LARRY SAYS HE NOTICED THE CAR WENT THROUGH A DITCH, THROUGH THE GATES AND CAME TO REST ON THREE TOMBS. HE SAYS THE DRIVER WAS OKAY. FATHER PIUS AJIKI SAYS THE FAMILIES OF THE DAMAGED TOMBS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED AND THEY’VE CALLED THE PEOPLE WHO WILL MAKE REPAIRS TO THE TOMBS.
THE EFFORTS OF THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY TO BLOCK D-N-A EVIDENCE IN A MURDER TRIAL IN LAFAYETTE PARISH HAS STALLED BECAUSE OF A LACK OF FUNDS. THE ATTORNEY FOR CORLEOUS DYSON WANTED TO HIRE AN EXPERT TO TESTIFY AGAINST THE D-N-A EVIDENCE USED TO CONVICT HIM IN TWENTY-FIFTEEN FOR THE SHOOTING DEATH OF THIRTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD CLEMENT AMOS THE THIRD IN TWENTY-TWELVE. A NEW TRIAL FOR DYSON WAS ORDERED BECAUSE A JURY CONVICTED HIM ON AN ELEVEN TO ONE VOTE BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT DETERMINED NONUNANIMOUS JURIES ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. DEFENSE ATTORNEY CHAD IKERD SAYS THE REQUEST FOR FUNDS FROM THE LOUISIANA PUBLIC DEFENDER BOARD IS IN LIMBO.
ACADIANA’S SUGAR CANE FARMERS ARE HARD AT WORK TO TRY AND SAVE THEIR CROPS WITH HARVEST WRAPPING UP BY JANUARY TWENTIETH. FIFTH GENERATION CANE FARMER EDDIE LEWIS THE THIRD TELLS KATC TV THAT, BECAUSE OF THE HARD FREEZE IN DECEMBER, THEY ARE LOOKING AT LEAVING ABOUT TWENTY PERCENT OF THE CROP IN THE FIELD. LEWIS SAYS FARMERS COULD END UP LEAVING OVER FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND TONS OF SUGAR CANE IN FIELDS, WHICH WOULD RESULT IN ALMOST A THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR IMPACT FOR THE STATE. HE SAYS THAT WILL RESULT IN A HIGHER COST FOR SUGAR TO THE CONSUMER AS WELL.
SAINT MARTIN PARISH PRESIDENT CHESTER CEDARS SAYS THEY ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN VANDALISM, PARTICULARLY AT PUBLIC PARKS AND BOAT LANDINGS. CEDARS SAYS, IN ADDITION TO THE VANDALISM, THERE HAS ALSO BEEN AN ABNORMAL AMOUNT OF DUMPING AND LITTERING AT THEIR BOAT LANDINGS, INCLUDING APPLIANCES, TELEVISIONS AND MATTRESSES. PARISH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE TEAMING UP WITH SHERIFF BECKET BREAUX TO FIND THE PERPRETRATORS OF THESE CRIMES. CEDARS SAYS THEY ARE RELYING ON CAMERAS, LICENSE PLATE READERS AND OTHER MEASURES TO PROSECUTE THOSE RESPONSIBLE.
