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LAFAYETTE CITY MARSHAL BRIAN POPE CANNOT USE REVENUE FROM CIVIL COURT FEES FOR HIS OWN SALARY. THAT’S THE OPINION OF THE LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE, WHICH ALSO SAID THAT POPE COULD USE THOSE FEES TO PAY FOR OFFICE EXPENSES. POPE ALLEGEDLY HAS APPLIED MORE THAN 300 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CITY COURT FEES TO HIS OWN SALARY SINCE 2015. DISTRICT ATTORNEY KEITH STUTES, WHO IS PROSECUTING POPE ON PERJURY AND MALFEASANCE CHARGES, SOUGHT THE LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OPINION ON THE MATTER.
THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS RELEASING SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FOOTAGE OF A THEFT WHICH HAPPENED THURSDAY IN SULPHUR. A SUSPECT IS SEEN TAKING ITEMS FROM THE BACK OF A COMPANY TRUCK AT A BUSINESS ON HIGHWAY 90 AT AROUND 9:40 PM AND COMING BACK AT AROUND ELEVEN TO STEAL MORE TOOLS FROM THE SAME TRUCK. A MILWAUKEE CORDED BAND SAW, A RIDGID POWER PONY THREADING MACHINE AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF COPPER WIRE WERE TAKEN. ANYONE WHO CAN IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT OR HAS INFORMATION ON THE THEFT IS ASKED TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT 493-2222.
ONE MAN WAS SHOT TO DEATH AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN NEW IBERIA. JEFF HORCHAK REPORTS.
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Louisiana’s labor department hasn’t cleaned up all the problems from a computer system that went online in 2015 to manage the state’s unemployment program. That’s according to a review released Monday by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s Office that says the state wasn’t meeting federal standards. It’s the second year the legislative auditor’s office has raised concerns about the Louisiana Workforce Commission system that was rolled out by former Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration even after it hadn’t passed testing. The workforce commission says its work to fix the computer system should be complete within months.
THE AREA OF UNIVERSITY AVENUE BETWEEN I-TEN AND CAMERON STREET HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A VIBRANT AREA. THAT’S ACCORDING TO MARK GOODSON OF C-S-R-S, WHICH IS CONDUCTING A STUDY OF THAT AREA. IT’S BEING FUNDED BY THE ACADIANA PLANNING COMMISSION. HE SPOKE AT A COMMUNITY MEETING YESTERDAY, SAYING THAT THE AREA’S POSITIVE POTENTIAL IS BECAUSE OF THE LARGE VACANT LOTS THERE AND IT’S LOCATION WITH ACCESS TO THE INTERSTATE AS WELL AS IT’S CONNECTION TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA, THE UNIVERSITY AND THE AIRPORT. THE STUDY, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO SHOW WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH THE AREA, HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE AND POSSIBLE FUNDING SOURCES, IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY MAY OR JUNE, ACCORDING TO GOODSON.
A WESTLAKE MAN RECENTLY RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FOR STOPPING THE ROBBERY OF A LOCAL CONVENIENCE STORE. JAMES COMPTON WAS PUMPING GAS AT A CONOCO STATION WHEN HE NOTICED A MAN ACTING SUSPICIOUSLY AND DECIDED TO WAIT AROUND AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS OKAY. WHEN THE MAN ATTEMPTED TO ROB THE STORE, COMPTON TACKLED HIM AND HELD HIM DOWN UNTIL POLICE ARRIVED. POLICE CHIEF CHRIS WILRYE TOLD KPLC TV THAT MORE PEOPLE LIKE COMPTON ARE NEEDED IN THE WORLD.
EUNICE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE OWNER OF A CAR INVOLVED IN A TRAIN CRASH YESTERDAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND, IN FACT, WHEN POLICE ARRIVED THEY FOUND NO ONE IN THE VEHICLE. THEY HAVE A PERSON OF INTEREST THEY ARE LOOKING FOR, ACCORDING TO POLICE CHIEF RANDY FONTENOT. THE COLLISION HAPPENED YESTERDAY MORNING ON TWELFTH STREET.
It’s officially tax time in Louisiana, with taxpayers able to start filing their 2017 personal income tax returns. Louisiana’s revenue department began accepting the tax filings Monday, the same day the IRS started taking federal income tax returns.
Louisiana taxpayers are encouraged to file state taxes online , through the state’s free web portal for individual tax filers. The deadline to file individual income tax returns with the state is May 15.
