10-11-22
THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS CONFIRMED REPORTS OF A BODY FOUND IN NEW IBERIA. IT WAS FOUND EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE FORTY-EIGHT-HUNDRED BLOCK OF BAYOUSIDE DRIVE. A NEARBY RESIDENT TELLS KLFY TV THE BODY WAS IN THE BAYOU TECHE WHERE POLICE MOVED THE BODY TO SHORE AND PUT IT IN A BODY BAG. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE BODY WAS MALE BUT THE CAUSE OF DEATH HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED.
THREE FORMER LOUISIANA CONGRESSMEN ANNOUNCED THEIR SUPPORT FOR REPUBLICAN HOLDEN HOGGAT, WHO IS RUNNING TO UNSEAT CLAY HIGGINS AS THE U-S REPRESENTATIVE FOR LOUISIANA’S THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, WHICH COVERS ACADIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. FORMER DEMOCRAT U-S SENATOR JOHN BREAUX AND FORMER REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE DISTRICT, DEMOCRAT CHRIS JOHN AND REPUBLICAN CHARLES BOUSTANY, SAY HIGGINS HAS BEEN UNABLE TO GET THINGS ACCOMPLISHED FOR THE DISTRICT. MEANWHILE HIGGINS UNVEILED HIS OWN ENDORSEMENTS. HOUSE MINORITY LEADER KEVIN MCCARTHY OF CALIFORNIA AND MINORITY WHIP STEVE SCALISE OF NEW ORLEANS ANNOUNCED THEIR SUPPORT FOR HIGGINS.
ANOTHER LAFAYETTE SCHOOL WAS PLACED ON LOCKDOWN YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF A SOCIAL MEDIA THREAT. STUDENTS WERE EVACUATED AT PAUL BREAUX MIDDLE SCHOOL WHILE AUTHORITIES SEARCHED THE BUILDING. STUDENTS WERE ALLOWED BACK IN BY MID-AFTERNOON. LAST WEEK, FOUR STUDENTS WERE ARRESTED BECAUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA THREATS FOR LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL, ONE STUDENT WAS ARRESTED FOR GIVING FALSE INFORMATION TO AN OFFICER AT PAUL BREAUX AND SCHOOLS IN SAINT MARTIN AND IBERIA PARISHES WERE THREATENED.
STUDENTS AND STAFF AT ACADIANA HIGH SCHOOL WERE TOLD TO SHELTER IN PLACE YESTERDAY MORNING. THAT’S AFTER POLICE FOUND A NOTE CONTAINING A THREAT. POLICE RULED OUT AN IMMEDIATE THREAT AND ALLOWED SCHEDULES AND PROCEDURES TO RETURN TO NORMAL. POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THE THREAT.
THIS THURSDAY, THE CAMERON PARISH POLICE JURY WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF POLICE JURORS. THE POPULATION IN THE PARISH HAS GONE DOWN TO FIVE THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED SEVENTEEN BECAUSE OF HURRICANES. POLICE JURY PRESIDENT CURTIS FOUNTAIN IS PROPOSING CUTTING THE BOARD FROM EIGHT TO FIVE, WHICH HE SAYS WOULD SAVE THE PARISH FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR. HOWEVER, FOUNTAIN SAYS, IT APPEARS A MAJORITY OF THE EIGHT CURRENT MEMBERS ARE AGAINST THE PROPOSAL AND WANT TO KEEP IT AT EIGHT.
THE BODY OF AN ABBEVILLE POLICE OFFICER, WHO WAS KILLED IN A CRASH LAST WEEK IN KAPLAN, WILL BE LAID TO REST TODAY. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE HAS APPROVED A RATE INCREASE FOR THE LOUISIANA CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION. AS OF JANUARY FIRST, RATES WILL GO UP BY SIXTY-THREE PERCENT, BUT THE HOMEOWNER’S RATE INCREASE WILL GO INTO EFFECT WHEN THEY RENEW THEIR INSURANCE COVERAGE NEXT YEAR. INSURANCE COMMISSIONER JIM DONELON SAYS THE REASON FOR THE RATE HIKE IS BECAUSE THE COST OF REINSURANCE HAS SHOT UP. HE SAYS THIS INCREASE IS EXTREMELY PAINFUL BUT REQUIRED BY LAW TO MAKE SURE CITIZENS CAN HANDLE ANY FUTURE DISASTERS.
THE WEST NILE VIRUS HAS BEEN FOUND IN MOSQUITOS IN IBERIA PARISH. THE IBERIA PARISH MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT IS PLANNING TO CONDUCT AERIAL SPRAY OPERATIONS TO SUPPORT GROUND OPERATIONS ON WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENINGS. THE FLIGHTS WILL BEGIN NEAR SUNDOWN AND LAST ABOUT NINETY MINUTES. OFFICIALS SAY HYPERSENSITIVE INDIVIDUALS THAT WISH TO AVOID EXPOSURE TO THE CHEMICALS SHOULD REFRAIN FROM OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
