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A LONE COYOTE HAS BEEN SPOTTED ROAMING THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE CAJUNDOME. LAFAYETTE ANIMAL CONTROL SUPERVISOR VIRGINIA LEE SAYS THEY HAVE SET TRAPS TO CAPTURE THE COYOTE, WHICH SHE BELIEVES GOT LOST INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS. SHE ADVISES RESIDENTS IN THE AREA TO CONFINE THEIR PETS. SHE SAYS THEY WILL PREY ON SMALL DOGS, CATS AND RABBITS, BUT SHE’S NEVER HEARD OF A COYOTE ATTACK ON A HUMAN.
CAMERON PARISH IS SEEING A MAJOR INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF R-V PARKS TO ACCOMMODATE TEMPORARY WORKERS. BECAUSE OF TWO MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, ONE IN HACKBERRY AND THE OTHER IN JOHNSON BAYOU, CAMERON PARISH NOW HAS MORE TEMPORARY WORKERS THAN THE ACTUAL POPULATION. MOST OF THE TEMPORARY WORKERS COMMUTE, BUT PARISH OFFICIALS HAVE NOTICED A SHARP INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF R-V PARKS. CURRENTLY THERE ARE 442 R-V SPOTS IN CAMERON PARISH, AND PERMIT ADMINISTRATOR MYLES HEBERT TELLS KPLC TV THAT THEY ARE DOING INSPECTIONS EVERY WEEK FOR NEW R-V PARKS THAT ARE BEING PUT IN.
A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT HAS DENIED A REQUEST BY IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF LOUIS ACKAL TO MOVE HIS OCTOBER 31ST TRIAL BACK TO LAFAYETTE. THE TRIAL HAD BEEN MOVED TO SHREVEPORT BECAUSE THE JUDGE IN THE CASE DETERMINED PUBLICITY WOULD MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO SEAT AN UNBIASED JURY. BUT ACKAL’S ATTORNEYS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE INCONVENIENCE TO THE DOZENS OF WITNESSES THAT WILL HAVE TO TRAVEL TO SHREVEPORT FOR THE TRIAL, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO TAKE UP TO TWO WEEKS TO COMPLETE. ACKAL IS ACCUSED OF ABUSE OF OFFICE AND COVERUPS FOR THE BEATINGS OF INMATES AT THE IBERIA PARISH JAIL.
The first statewide TV debate in Louisiana’s U.S. Senate race will go on as planned — without a judge adding anyone to the participant list. Judge Tim Kelley refused Thursday to stop the debate or to force Louisiana Public Broadcasting and the Council for A Better Louisiana to add candidate Troy Hebert to the Oct. 18 debate stage. Hebert, a former state lawmaker running without party affiliation, filed a lawsuit challenging the criteria as unfair. Only five of the 24 Senate candidates met the debate criteria, which required participants to have raised at least $1 million and polled at 5 percent support.
WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN LAFAYETTE IS HOSTING A SHOTS FOR TOTS EVENT ON THEIR CAMPUS FROM NINE TO NOON TOMORROW. THE COST PER CHILD IS TEN DOLLARS AND PARENTS ARE ASKED TO BRING THEIR PREVIOUS IMMUNIZATION RECORD. THE LOUISIANA IMMUNIZATION INITIATIVE STARTED THE SHOTS FOR TOTS PROGRAM IN 1992 AFTER AN OUTBREAK OF MEASLES IN THE STATE, AND BECAUSE OF LOW IMMUNIZATION LEVELS AMONG PRESCHOOL CHILDREN. THE PROGRAM SEEKS TO IMMUNIZE NINETY PERCENT OF CHILDREN BY AGE TWO.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES HAS ANNOUNCED THAT OYSTER SEASON WILL BEGIN A HALF HOUR BEFORE SUNRISE ON NOVEMBER FIRST AT CALCASIEU LAKE. HOWEVER, THEY DID NOTE THAT THE OYSTER POPULATION AT CALCASIUE LAKE HAS BEEN IN A LONG TERM DECLINE. THAT MEANS IN THE FUTURE THEY MAY RECOMMEND A LOW OR NO HARVEST. THE DEPARTMENT CONSIDERED NOT HAVING A SEASON THIS YEAR, WHICH LOCAL FISHERMEN AND SEAFOOD COMPANIES SAY WOULD HAVE BEEN DEVASTATING TO THEIR BUSINESSES.
- NICOLE MICHAEL IS A EUNICE PEDIATRICIAN THAT IS A NATIVE OF HAITI, THE COUNTRY THAT WAS RECENTLY DEVASTATED BY HURRICANE MATTHEW. SHE ALSO OWNS PROPERTY AND A MEDICAL CLINIC IN HAITI, AND SHE SAYS THE CLINIC SURVIVED BUT HER CROPS AND LIVESTOCK WERE WIPED OUT. SHE IS ASKING ACADIANA RESIDENTS TO HELP HER HOMELAND WITH CASH, SUPPLIES, AND PRAYER. MORE THAN 800 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN HAITI BY THE STORM AND DR. MICHAEL SAYS THERE ARE REPORTS OF ENTIRE CITIES BEING DESTROYED.
THE DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR THE STATE’S SHELTER AT HOME PROGRAM IS TOMORROW. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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