10-16-24
JUDGE JULES EDWARDS THE THIRD DIED TUESDAY NIGHT. KADN IS REPORTING THAT EDWARDS WAS FOUND LAST NIGHT UNRESPONSIVE AT HIS PRIVATE LAW OFFICES AND HE DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES. EDWARDS WAS WITH THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT BETWEEN NINETEEN-NINETY-THREE UNTIL TWENTY-TWENTY. IN TWENTY-TWENTY-TWO HE WAS ELECTED AS A LAFAYETTE CITY JUDGE AND WAS SWORN IN TO THE POSITION IN JANUARY OF TWENTY-TWENTY-THREE.
THE PILOT OF AN ULTRALIGHT PLANE WAS KILLED WHEN IT CRASHED. IT WENT DOWN IN A FIELD OFF OF THE PINEVILLE HIGHWAY, A COUPLE OF MILES NORTH OF CHURCH POINT. EYEWITNESSES TOLD KADN TV THAT THE PILOT DIED BUT HIS IDENTITY HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF K-P GIBSON SAYS THE CRASH HAPPENED BETWEEN FOUR AND FOUR-THIRTY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH IS BEING INVESTIGATED.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR ALL OF SOUTH LOUISIANA. THAT MEANS THERE ARE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH HAS LOWERED HUMIDITY WHILE INCREASING WIND GUSTS UP TO THIRTY MILES AN HOUR, WHICH MEANS A DEVELOPING FIRE COULD SPREAD QUICKLY. BURN BANS HAVE BEEN ISSUED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE IN JEFF DAVIS, SAINT LANDRY AND EVANGELINE PARISHES.
A NEW TRAIL DEVELOPMENT WAS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY AT SAM HOUSTON STATE PARK. PHILLIPS SIXTY-SIX DONATED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE LAKE AREA MOUNTAIN BIKE ORGANIZATION FOR THE NEW TRAIL. LAMBO’S VICE PRESIDENT TYLER CHURCHMAN SAYS THEY WANT TO CREATE A DESTINATION IN THEIR BACKYARD. MANY LOCAL MOUNTAIN BIKERS HAVE HAD TO TRAVEL ABOUT TWO HOURS TO ENJOY THEIR SPORT BECAUSE THE LOCAL TRAILS WERE DAMAGED BY HURRICANES LAURA AND DELTA.
THE LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE CREATION OF A SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT AT I-TEN NEAR LOUISIANA AVENUE. THE DISTRICT WOULD HAVE AN EXTRA TWO PERCENT SALES TAX. IT IS HOPED THIS WILL HELP TO LURE BUCCEES TO BUILD AN EIGHTY-TWO MILLION DOLLAR ESTABLISHMENT THERE WITH ONE HUNDRED FIFTY NEW JOBS THAT INCLUDES A SEVENTEEN DOLLAR STARTING SALARY. MANDI MITCHELL OF THE LAFAYETTE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY SAYS THE SPECIAL TAX WILL HELP THE COMPANY OFFSET THEIR COSTS.
AUTHORITIES ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO ESCAPED FROM THE JEANERETTE CITY JAIL YESTERDAY. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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AN ANALYSIS OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT HAS FOUND THAT STATE REVENUE SOURCES DEDICATED TO THE DEPARTMENT ARE INSUFFICIENT AND NOT KEEPING PACE WITH COST GROWTH. THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP WAS HIRED BY LAWMAKERS AFTER THE GOVERNOR ORDERED TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY JOE DONAHUE TO PUT TOGETHER AN IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE D-O-T-D. THEY HAVE A BACKLOG OF PROJECTS WORTH NINETEEN BILLION DOLLARS OVER TWENTY YEARS. THE ANALYSIS FOUND THAT THE DEPARTMENT’S BUDGET WOULD HAVE TO BE INCREASED BY ONE-POINT-TWO BILLION ANNUALLY IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE THE BACKLOG WHILE MAINTAINING CURRENT OPERATIONS AND BUILDING FOUR MEGAPROJECTS.
A BREAUX BRIDGE MAN WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON ON FIFTY-NINE COUNTS OF TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN. INVESTIGATORS RECEIVED A COMPLAINT IN JULY ABOUT SUSPECTED INDECENT BEHAVIOR WITH A JUVENILE. THEY STARTED AN INVESTIGATION AND FOUND THAT THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD JAVIEN DEMOUCHET WAS ALLEGEDLY SOLICITING MINORS IN EXCHANGE FOR MONEY AND-OR GIFTS. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THERE WAS ONE JUVENILE VICTIM BUT THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING AND IF THERE ARE MORE VICTIMS, IT WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL CHARGES.
