10-2-19
ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT LATE LAST NIGHT IN LAFAYETTE. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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POLICE OFFICERS IN DERIDDER WILL BE WEARING PINK BADGES ALL THIS MONTH IN RECOGNITION OF BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. DEPUTY CHIEF CHRISTOPHER RUDY SAYS LOTS OF PEOPLE WEAR PINK RIBBONS BUT THEY THOUGHT THEY’D TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER. POLICE CHIEF CRAIG RICHARD LOST HIS MOTHER LAST YEAR TO BREAST CANCER. HE SAYS IT TOUCHES CLOSE TO HOME FOR MANY IN THE DEPARTMENT AND WEARING THE BADGES IS A WAY TO SUPPORT THE CANCER SOCIETY.
THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE DONATED VEHICLE RADIOS TO THE NEW IBERIA POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE RECENTLY DOWNSIZED AND HAD THE EXTRA VEHICLE RADIOS. MAJOR WENDELL RABORN WITH THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE RADIOS ARE INCAPABLE OF BEING ENCRYPTED WHICH MEANS THE PUBLIC CAN’T SCAN THEM AND LISTEN IN. CAPTAIN JOHN BABIN WITH THE NEW IBERIA POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE DONATION SAVES THE DEPARTMENT FROM HAVING TO SPEND NEARLY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS TO GET THE RADIOS.
Republican Louisiana governor candidate Ralph Abraham has abandoned his claims to avoid intraparty fighting and is taking more direct hits at GOP contender Eddie Rispone. With early voting underway, the third-term congressman has released an ad calling Rispone desperate and saying Rispone is lying to voters about Abraham’s record. The 30-second spot comes two weeks after Rispone, a businessman, launched an attack ad about Abraham’s congressional votes and challenging his support for President Donald Trump. At the time, Abraham said his focus would remain on defeating Democratic incumbent John Bel Edwards, not returning fire on Rispone. But since then, some polls show Rispone gaining ground and even surpassing Abraham ahead of the Oct. 12 election.
THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE HAS SIGNED FOOTBALL COACH BILLY NAPIER TO A EXTENSION THROUGH THE 2023 SEASON. LAST YEAR, NAPIER LED HIS TEAM TO THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP AND A BOWL GAME IN HIS FIRST SEASON AND HE’S FOLLOWED UP WITH A 4-AND-1 RECORD TO BEGIN THIS YEAR. NAPIER SAYS HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE CONTRACT EXTENSION AND ARE THANKFUL TO THE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE EMBRACED HIS STAFF AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE RAGIN CAJUNS NEXT GAME IS A WEEK FROM TODAY AT CAJUN FIELD AGAINST APPALACHIAN STATE.
THE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH FOR SULPHUR HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN FIRED JUST FOUR GAMES INTO THIS SEASON. CECIL THOMAS WAS LET GO AFTER HIS TEAM SUFFERED A 70-TO-14 DEFEAT TO ACADIANA HIGH SCHOOL. HIS ASSISTANTS, RANDY BAGGETT AND JEAN PAUL DUHON, WILL TAKE OVER HIS DUTIES FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. SULPHUR FACES LAFAYETTE HIGH THIS FRIDAY.
THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEEKING TO FIND A MAN WHO BURGLARIZED AN A-T-M MACHINE AT FROG CITY TRAVEL PLAZA IN RAYNE ON SEPTEMBER 15TH. VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SHOWED A MAN TRYING TO PRY OPEN THE A-T-M MACHINE IN THE STORE AND IT IS BELIEVED HE WAS DISRUPTED BY PATRONS. THE MEDIUM BUILT MAN HAD FACIAL HAIR, GLASSES, AND MULTIPLE TATOOS ON HIS LEFT ARM. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS URGED TO CALL ACADIA PARISH CRIME STOPPERS AT 789-TIPS.
More than 150 Louisiana restaurants have been cited for not disclosing to customers they were selling imported rather than domestic seafood. The citations from the Louisiana Department of Health stem from a new law requiring food establishments to post information about imported crawfish or shrimp on menus. If they don’t use menus, they have to post signs at their main entrances. More than a dozen restaurants in the Lake Charles area were cited.
