10-15-21
RECENTLY FIRED LAFAYETTE POLICE CHIEF THOMAS GLOVER CALLED INTO MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY’S SHOW ON K-P-E-L YESTERDAY. GLOVER CLAIMED GUILLORY TERMINATED HIM WITHOUT REASON AND IS NOW TRYING TO MANUFACTURE THINGS. GLOVER SAYS HE IS WORKING ON A RETORT TO ALL THIS AND IT WILL BE DEVASTATING FOR GUILLORY. HE CLOSED BY SAYING HE WILL GET JUSTICE. GUILLORY WOULD NOT RESPOND TO GLOVER EXCEPT TO SAY HE IT IS A PERSONNEL MATTER AND HE IS DEFERRING TO THE H-R AND LEGAL DEPARTMENTS.
PETA IS CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION OF U-L LAFAYETTE’S NEW IBERIA RESEARCH FACILITY WHERE FIVE BABY MONKEYS DIED IN AUGUST DUE TO DEHYDRATION. THE U-S-D-A DETERMINED A WATER PRESSURE REGULATOR MALFUNCTIONED, REDUCING WATER PRESSURE IN THE ROOM, A PROBLEM THAT HAS SINCE BEEN CHANGED. PETA SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT KATHY GUILLERMO, IN A PRESS RELEASE, SAYS THEY ARE CALLING ON DISTRICT ATTORNEY DON LANDRY TO INVESTIGATE AND FILE CHARGES AGAINST THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUFFERING OF THE MONKEYS. SHE SAYS THE INFANT MONKEYS COULDN’T DEPEND ON STAFF FOR BASIC NECESSITIES SUCH AS WATER.
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT SAYS HE EXPECTS A ROBUST TRAVEL SEASON FOR THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS. HEATH ALLEN SAYS SCHOOLS IN CALCASIEU PARISH WERE OUT MONDAY AND TUESDAY FOR THE FALL BREAK, AND THEY SAW A TWENTY TO TWENTY-THREE PERCENT INCREASE IN DAILY PASSENGER AVERAGES IN COMPARISON TO TWENTY-NINETEEN, BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. HE SAYS THEY ARE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO BETTER SERVE PASSENGERS. THAT INCLUDES ADDING TERMINAL GATES AND EXPANDING THE OVERFLOW PARKING LOT.
A COVID-NINETEEN STUDENT WELLBEING TASK FORCE IS BEING LAUNCHED THROUGH THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE, THE LOUISIANA BOARD OF REGENTS AND THE COUNCIL OF STUDENT BODY PRESIDENTS. STUDENTS FROM ALL LOUISIANA STATE COLLEGE SYSTEMS ARE REPRESENTED ON THE TASK FORCE AND WILL MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME NEXT WEEK. THE GROUP WILL COME UP WITH IDEAS TO INCREASE VACCINATION RATES AMONG STUDENTS. THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS TWELVE-POINT-FOUR PERCENT OF EIGHTEEN-TO TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLDS HAVE COMPLETED THEIR VACCINE TRIAL AS OF THURSDAY.
A GROUP OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND CONCERNED CITIZENS GATHERED IN FRONT OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES YESTERDAY EVENING. THEY ARE PROTESTING COVID-NINETEEN VACCINE MANDATES. HEALTH CARE WORKER MONIQUE GARY TOLD KLFY TV THAT THEY ARE ANTI-MANDATE, NOT ANTI-VACCINE. THE PROTESTERS SAYS THAT AS OFFICIALS PUT MANDATES ON HEALTH CARE WORKERS, THEIR FREEDOM TO CHOOSE IS BEING STRIPPED.
A MAN IS IN JAIL ACCUSED OF ROBBING A WOMAN AT GUNPOINT IN AN OPELOUSAS BANK PARKING LOT. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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CHURCH POINT POLICE ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING A MAN CONNECTED TO A DRIVE BY SHOOTING IN JULY. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE SHOOTING. WARRANTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR CALVIN L. SCOTT JUNIOR, WHOSE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS WAS THE ACADIAN PLACE APARTMENTS IN CHURCH POINT. POLICE RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT SCOTT MAY BE IN THE LAFAYETTE OR CROWLEY AREAS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL THE CHURCH POINT POLICE DEPARTMENT.
The average score of Louisiana’s high school seniors on the ACT college readiness test fell for a fourth year in a row and remains among the lowest in the nation. The state’s composite score on the ACT exam that measures skills in English, reading, math and science was 18.4 out of a possible 36. That’s down from 18.7 last year. The Advocate reports that only Mississippi, Nevada and Hawaii scored lower.
