10-10-18
STATE POLICE HAVE TAKEN OVER THE INVESTIGATION OF AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN LAFAYETTE. JEFF HORCHAK HAS THE DETAILS.
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LAKE CHARLES POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A MAN IN CONNECTION WITH TWO RECENT BUSINESS BURGLARIES. CHIEF DON DIXON SAYS POLICE WITNESSED 21-YEAR-OLD DONOVAN MOORE JUNIOR BURGLARIZING VEHICLES IN THE POWER CENTER AREA ALONG HIGHWAY 14. DURING THE ARREST, THEY NOTICED THAT CLOTHING HE WAS WEARING AND TOOLS HE USED MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION OF THOSE USED IN THE BURGLARIES OF BUFFIE’S PEAUXBOYS AND THE PANDA BUFFET. POLICE EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT OF MOORE’S HOME AND FOUND ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE LINKING HIM TO THOSE CRIMES.
THE IBERIA PARISH GOVERNMENT WILL BUILD A NEW FIVE LANE ACCESS ROAD NEXT YEAR CONNECTING THE ACADIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT TO A NEW BUSINESS PARK AND HIGHWAY 90. THE NEW ROAD WILL GO FROM L-A 675 TO L-A 32-12 AND INCLUDE A ROUNDABOUT AT L-A 675 AND HIGHWAY 90. PARISH PRESIDENT LARRY RICHARD SAYS THE LONG TERM GOAL IS TO MAKE THE AIRPORT AN INTERNATIONAL CARGO FACILITY. THEY ALSO ENVISION BUSINESSES GOING UP ALONG THE NEW ACCESS ROAD, WHICH WILL COST 8-POINT-6 MILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS REQUESTED THE LOUISIANA STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S HELP WITH THE RECOVERY AFTER HURRICANE MICHAEL HITS THE STATE. A NINETY PERSON CONVOY LEAVES THIS MORNING BRINGING WITH IT SEARCH AND RESCUE EQUIPMENT. OFFICE SPOKESMAN BUTCH BROWNING SAYS THE EQUIPMENT WILL ALLOW THEM TO OPEN DOORS, LIFT WALLS, BREACH MINOR COLLAPSES AND PERFORM WATER RESCUES. OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL BE WORKING UNDER THE COMMAND OF FLORIDA OFFICIALS AND EXPECT TO STAY FOR TWO TO THREE DAYS AFTER THE STORM.
LAST NIGHT, REPRESENTATIVES FROM NEXTGEN UTILITY SYSTEMS PRESENTED TO THE LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH COUNCIL THE DETAILS OF THEIR OFFER TO ACQUIRE THE RIGHTS TO L-U-S’ WATER, WASTEWATER AND ELECTRIC DIVISIONS. THE OFFER INCLUDES A 140 MILLION DOLLAR LUMP SUM PAYMENT AND 920 MILLION DOLLARS IN PAYMENTS OVER FORTY YEARS, THE LENGTH OF THE PROPOSED MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT. TO SWEETEN THE DEAL, THEY HAVE OFFERED TO CUT ELECTRIC RATES BY TEN PERCENT OVER THE FIRST THREE YEARS, AND BUILD A NEW CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS IN LAFAYETTE THAT WILL EMPLOY 400 PEOPLE. ENTERGY LOUISIANA HAS RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE IN A SELECTION PROCESS.
A JUDGE PRESIDING OVER A COURT BATTLE DETERMINING THE ELIGIBILITY OF A DERIDDER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER SAYS HE WILL DECIDE THE MATTER WITHIN TEN DAYS. RETIRED NATCHITOCHES PARISH JUDGE ERIC HARRINGTON GAVE BOTH SIDES 72 HOURS TO SEND HIM FINAL ARGUMENTS IN THE CASE OF MICHAEL D. HARRIS. ON THE WITNESS STAND MONDAY AT THE BEAUREGARD PARISH COURTHOUSE, HARRIS CLAIMED TO HAVE DUAL RESIDENCY, WITH ONE RESIDENCE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS AND THE OTHER INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS. OTHER WITNESSES WERE BROUGHT IN TO DETERMINE WHICH IS HIS PRIMARY RESIDENCE.
THE ACADIA PARISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILL BE HOSTING A MEMBER OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BILLY NUNGESSER’S OFFICE TONIGHT. RAY SCRIBER, THE DIRECTOR OF THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM, WILL BE AT THE MAIN STREET MEET AND GREET IN CROWLEY TO DISCUSS GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND HISTORIC TAX CREDITS AVAILABLE TO BUSINESS AND PROPERTY OWNERS. CHAMBER PRESIDENT AND C-E-O AMY THIBODAUX SAYS THE EVENT WILL ALOW MAIN STREET BUSINESSES TO FIND OUT ABOUT RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM WHILE CREATING A MORE COHESIVE DOWNTOWN ENVIROMENT. IT HAPPENS FROM 5:30 TO SEVEN TONIGHT AT ZEUS ACROSS FROM THE COURTHOUSE.
THE STATE BOARD THAT SUPERVISES PUBLIC DEFENDERS HAS ENTERED INTO A ONE MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT WITH A CHILDREN’S RIGHTS ORGANIZATION TO REPRESENT MORE THAN 80 JUVENILES WITH LIFE SENTENCES. THEY ARE AWAITING RESENTENCING SINCE THE SUPREME COURT IN 2016 RULED THAT LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE SENTENCES FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL EXCEPT IN RARE CASES. THE LOUISIANA PUBLIC DEFENDER BOARD IS PARTNERING WITH THE LOUISIANA CENTER FOR CHILDREN’S RIGHTS IN EACH OF THESE CASES. STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER JAY DIXON TELLS THE ADVOCATE THAT L-C-C-R HAS PARTICULAR EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE THAT IS NEEDED FOR THIS SPECIFIC LITIGATION.
