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10-17-16

POLICE SAY MULTIPLE TEENS ARE FACING CHARGES AFTER A FIGHT AT THE GRAND THEATRE.  JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.

 

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NIBLETT’S BLUFF PARK IN VINTON IS SCHEDULED TO REOPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28TH.  THE 35 ACRES AT THE PARK WERE UNDER WATER LAST MARCH.  VOLUNTEERS HELPED WITH REPAIRS TO GET THE PARK BACK UP AND RUNNING.  THE OFFICE AT NIBLETT’S BLUFF PARK WILL BEGIN ACCEPTING RESERVATIONS FOR R-V AND OPEN PAVILION RENTALS NEXT MONDAY.

 

ONE OF THE BIGGEST TRAIL RIDES IN THE STATE HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THIS YEAR.  PAUL SCOTT OF THE ST. LANDRY PARISH-BASED STEP-N-STRUT SAYS THEY COULDN’T FIND A LOCATION BIG ENOUGH TO HOST THE THREE DAY EVENT, WHICH HAS ATTRACTED AROUND TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE PER DAY.  THE ORGANIZERS WERE IN NEGOTIATIONS TO HOLD THE TRAIL RIDE AT THE BEAUREGARD PARISH CIVIC CENTER IN DERIDDER, BUT THERE WAS A CONFLICT ON THE DATES THE TRAIL RIDE IS ANNUALLY HELD, WHICH IS THE FIRST WEEKEND IN NOVEMBER.  EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE ORGANIZERS TRIED TO BOOK THE RAYNE CIVIC CENTER, BUT CITY OFFICIALS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE EVENT AND A CONFLICT WITH ANOTHER EVENT, AND DECLINED.

 

More than $2.7 million in refunds have been going out to people in Louisiana’s health insurance program for state workers and public school employees who were overcharged for coverage.  Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration says nearly 1,200 retirees enrolled in both Office of Group Benefits coverage and Medicare were charged a higher premium rate than they should have been.  Division of Administration spokesman Cody Wells said Friday that all refund checks should be sent by the end of December. The average refund is $2,336.

 

Aramark Healthcare Services LLC says it’s laying off 243 workers at Lafayette General Medical Center after the hospital did not renew a housekeeping contract.

Multiple media outlets report Aramark will stop operating that division at the hospital on Dec. 12. The move was announced by the hospital earlier this month but the facility didn’t mention specific numbers.  Affected employees will be able to apply for jobs within the hospital.

 

A RAYNE MAN WAS KILLED IN A ONE VEHICLE CRASH IN VERMILLION PARISH AROUND SEVEN P-M FRIDAY NIGHT.  59-YEAR-OLD KENNETH BRASSEAUX WAS TRAVELING ON L-A 699 NEAR L-A 700 WHEN HE CROSSED THE CENTER LINE, RAN OFF THE ROAD, THEN OVERCORRECTED.  HE THEN DROVE HIS PICKUP ACROSS BOTH LANES AND OFF THE ROAD AGAIN, HIT A DITCH AND THE VEHICLE OVERTURNED.  MASTER TROOPER BROOKS DAVID OF THE STATE POLICE SAYS BRASSEAUX DIED AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT, WHICH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

 

UNION BAPTIST CHURCH IN JENNINGS HAD A CELEBRATION THIS WEEKEND TO MARK 100 YEARS.  THE CHURCH WAS FOUNDED ON OCTOBER THIRD OF 1916 AND DURING THAT TIME THEY HAVE HAD ONLY SIX DIFFERENT PASTORS.  THE CURRENT PASTOR, GERALD PERKINS, CALLS THE CHURCH A PILLAR IN THE CITY OF JENNINGS AND A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN FIND HOPE.  THE CHURCH RECENTLY PAID OFF ITS MORTGAGE FOR THE FAMILY LIFE CENTER, WHICH OPENED IN 2006, AND PASTOR PERKINS BURNED THE LAST MORTGAGE NOTE IN FRONT OF THE CONGREGATION DURING THE WORSHIP SERVICE.

 

U.S. Senate candidate Foster Campbell is slamming fellow Democratic contender Caroline Fayard for fundraising off the idea of man-made climate change after she previously sidestepped a direct link between human activity and global warming.

Fayard, a New Orleans lawyer, released a policy document this week that outlines positions for combating climate change and coastal erosion.  In the release, Fayard described “anthropogenic” climate change — meaning caused by human activity — as the top challenge facing Louisiana’s future. But at a recent forum about coastal issues, Fayard wouldn’t directly link the planet’s warming to man’s actions, while Campbell said there was no question humans caused climate change.